Reply to How to handle this with DD?

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "How to handle this with DD?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Nobody is saying she is entitled to the stepdads money. [/b]People are saying they her mother, OP, screwed her up and needs to focus all her energies on how  to fix that instead of blaming her daughter for lashing out. And in pursuing those solutions, yes, she should also explore what her husband thinks. If he is a decent guy who loves his wife he will find a way to help here. [/quote]

That's OP's framing (and probably her husband's).  It's not at all clear that the daughter thinks that her stepfather is obligated to pay for full tuition wherever she wants to go.  She's upset because (1) she can't even afford UMD, let alone whatever college she'd really like to go to, and (2) the huge financial disparity between her and her stepsisters is really pointing up how she's not really part of this family (even though her mom's marriage made it impossible for her to get need-based aid). OP just wants her daughter to shut up and make nice with the man she married (who she hasn't even talked to about any of this) and his kids.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics