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[quote=Anonymous]"You are inferring information that isn't there. OP doesnt say she has no money left over. She says she refuses to pay more than "her share" for expenses. We don't know what her share is, her husband could be covering 90% of household expenses and she just pays for groceries and clothing for the kids and refuses to put another few hundred in to cover the gap."

And you are inferring things yourself. Per OP:

"Spouse is determined to cover step-child expenses in college (car payments, insurance, housing, and part
of tuition expenses), ... and is constantly asking me to pay some of their fair share of bills. ... I am at a point where [b]I am doing everything on my own and covering our bio kids expenses without any financial contribution from my spouse.[/b]"

That seems pretty clear to me. OP is SOLELY paying for THEIR minor children's expenses because DH is funding his adult daughter's expenses, AND is ADDITIONALLY funding more than the agreed upon (fair) division of household bills.

I don't care where you want to split hairs as far as "fair" percentage but in no way, shape or form should DH be abdicating his responsibility to pay for his minor children's expenses first, in favor of his adult daughter's expenses.

God forbid, what if minor children had serious medical needs and the bills begin mounting. Does that mean that OP should solely pick up the tab for those bills too, since DH feels obligated to provide a car, insurance, etc. to his DD?  [/quote]

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