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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My stepmother is a terrible person who hated me from the start, and I now hate her.

There's something about stepmothers' jealousy and competition with daughters, I think.  She wasn't the same way with my brothers.[/quote]

I'm dating a divorced dad of two teenage sons. I am TOTALLY a girls' girl - all my friends are girls, I am not a tomboy at all, hate sports, love little girls, etc. But I do suspect dating someone with sons is easier. I would LOVE to date a man with a daughter that I got along with well, but I think that seems so rare that I find the idea somewhat scary. My boyfriend's sons are so easy with me - they seem to react to my presence with a "Hi, whatever, I'm going to go play video games now." They seem neutral towards me (their dad claims that they told him they like me but who knows).

But I also wonder if the expectations are higher with girls. Like, if he had a teenage daughter who was just like, "hi" and not much more to me, my feelings would probably be more hurt. I think I would feel that I need to have a more in depth relationship with a girl and if I didnt it would worry me more. Whereas with the boys I am like, whatever, they are boys, they'd rather go play video games than talk to their dad's middle aged girlfriend, that's normal.[/quote]

Well, it could also mean the dad is not that into you anyway so this isn't a long-term thing.  Or maybe he understands that teens are unlikely to care very much.[/quote]

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