March 13, 2009
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Step Mom
I was really really excited to go down to Florida and see my sister and her three kids.
When I arrived, I found out my sister’s mom hadn’t left yet.
She will be staying until Monday. I leave Wednesday.
My dad was married to her before marrying my mom. She – we’ll call her my step mom – resents me and blames me for her failed marriage with my dad. According to her, if I wasn’t born, her family wouldn’t have been torn apart. My own mom raised her step kids – my brother and sisters – like her own. My step mom won’t give me the time of day. I am not really upset about this, because I’ve grown up with it. At the same time, its not fair. It’s not my fault I was born, not my fault my dad divorced her and married my mom, not my fault for anything in their relationship…
And my step mom loves to trash talk my family…
How can I be respectful to her?!
God does anyone else have this problem?!
M
Comments (4)
simply just ignore her as best as possible. or you could get an imaginary friend like the movie Drop Dead Fred.
I think the best way to deal with her is to just let her comments roll off your back and be nice to her. She will probably be mean to you this entire trip. But eventually she will realize that she is just being a jerk.
Besides, if you choose to continue to have a good day no matter what she does, you will!
Hope things lighten up while you are there.
Thankfully no, my parents were both their first and only marriages. I don’t acknowledge my step mom but neither does my dad or my sister, so all is well in that department. I wish you luck! For some people high school never ends.
@LetheOfHeaven - LOL good advice
@der_lila_Stern - She overheard me talking to my mom, I think, so she’s being a little nicer now.
@Madre_Pequena - Thank you
And I agree, some people need to grow up and move on.
M