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[quote=Anonymous]Clearer communication would be a good start. If you are doing dishes or cleaning up another room, don’t be weird and cryptic. “Will be there in five. Just wiping down the counter and then can help you.” This gives everyone an idea of what you are doing, when you will be there, and that you understand they could use your help. Answering vaguely “can’t come. Busy” leaves lots of room for them to fill in the narrative (you are lazy, don’t want to help, must be reading DCUM) when you are cleaning.

I don’t understand the daughter thing. She bought you something expensive that you like but don’t really care about and now she wants to return it and buy something for herself. And you have her money to buy presents so really you bought it anyway? Is that the issue?

Finally while your wife might be a sucky and ungrateful person (not sure but she could) you are 50% responsible if your daughter is. You teach that with every interaction. You interrupt and ask to redo when she is not grateful (should have fixed this issue at 5 FYI). But start now. Talk to her like a person. Explain the impact it has on you.

Finally show some interest in her passions - rather than calling them stuff she learned in an essay she read[/quote]

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