My DH and I have been married 5 1/2 yrs. Things started out OK, but have really deteriorated in the last 3 yrs or so. The situation has evolved so that when his 2 kids are with us, I am confined to my bedroom. I do not eat or spend any time with the family unit (and I think my insecure husband likes it that way). The brats wont even say hello to me when I come home from work. They are allowed to do whatever they want whenever they want. They dominate the entire house and telephone.