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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I totally empathize with you.  Your heart has been broken and you are still kind and polite in the face of horrible, cruel behavior.  OP's stepdaughter is not a child.  She was a teenager and now she is an adult.  I understand the pain of feeling displaced when a parent remarries but that is no excuse for her horrible behavior.

I'm so disgusted by your husband, OP.  His turnaround regarding another child is a huge betrayal, and his failure to discipline and reprimand his daughter for her inexcusably inking and disrespectful behavior is nearly as bad.

When you said you'd like yo have a glass of wine, I totally wanted to join you and the PP.  I have a 21 year old stepdaughter and I am so, so, so exhausted from tiptoeing around her moods and her horrible behavior.  There's only so much "water off a duck's back" that I can take.  I thoroughly dislike her.  I do love her, though, if not in feelings, in deeds.  I have been very good to her, much much more than she deserves, and I do it as part of my bow to love my husband in actions.  She doesn't owe me anything and I try to let go of expecting anything from her, even common decency.  But my DH has been a huge disappointment in this regard.  When we were dating he was clearly a devoted dad and seemed like a good disciplinarian.  He is devoted but to him that means saying yes and playing nice and avoiding any conflict with her whatsoever, to her detriment and to the wreckage of our marriage.

I'm sorry you have been treated so shabbily here but glad a few others have joined in support.  You sound like a really kind person and I hope you can have a baby of your own. You will be a great mother.[/quote]

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