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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally get why this bothers OP.  I think it starts to introduce all sorts of hard feelings when family members are treated differently.  Both my mom and dad are gone, so my only living parent is my stepmom.  She treats all the siblings and grandkids equally in gift giving, as was the case when my dad was alive.  Also, we’re not an extravagant gift giving family, which I think also makes a difference.  Each of us get about $100 or so in gifts, even when we were in our teens and twenties.  [/quote]

Your situation is different in that she probably had a hand in raising you. In OP's case, this man is just the guy her mom married. No other connection to him and yet she belittles the fact that he spoils his daughters. [/quote]

Where are you getting this from?

You are really projecting.

OP is upset that her mom has such a part in indulging these girls, telling her all about it and asking her to help pick out these expensive gifts, while pushing her to the side.[/quote]

It's pretty easy to infer from OP's post that her mom married the stepdad when OP was in her 20s. In other words, OP was already an adult and grown up and out of the house or in college. At least she should have been. I wouldn't classify it as a stepdad that came into your life when you were a kid and lived in the same house as you when you were growing up.

I remember still getting nice and expensive gifts when I was in college and early 20s but by the time I was 30 they had stopped because I was a fully independent grown up. I can see why OP may feel a bit left out but she's also coming across as materialistic and entitled.

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