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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When the step-dad married OP’s mom, OP became part of his nuclear family...or should have. One does discriminate between siblings in a nuclear family.

Now the step-dad may not “get” this, but OP’s mom is a jerk for letting this go on.

OP, you are being unfairly treated. My guess is that you don’t care about the gifts so much as the obvious favoritism. You have a legitimate grievance. Since your mom has let this go on so long, I seriously doubt anything will change at this point. But I certainly would sit your mom down and tell her how you have felt all these years. She is not a considerate parent and should be called out for it.[/quote]

Not really.

You're expecting too much from real humans. We live in the real world, not some fairy tale. OP was a grownup when her mom remarried. OP is now in her 40s. [b]The stepkids are in their early 20s, for most practical purposes they're still kids. [/b]

I wouldn't expect a stepparent in this circumstances to love me or treat me as generously as he or she would to their own children. Likewise I wouldn't expect an inheritance equal to theirs, if the stepparent was inclined to leave me any money. Likewise I wouldn't expect my mother to love the stepkids as much as she loved me. Just being practical and realistic about the situation. Nor is it a nuclear family. A nuclear family is mom, dad and the kids. Boom. That's it. [/quote]

OP was in college when mom remarried.

OP is now 30, NOT 40.

The step sisters are the age or a little older than OP was when her mom married this man.[/quote]

So she never lived with this man? I think it is crazy to expect the same treatment. If she had been raised in the same house, sure. But she was not. [/quote]

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