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SM12's picture

Just had the latest interaction with snotty YSS.   After enduring side eye and avoidance from him for two days I thought I was free from him for a few days.  Nope!  I'm working away minding my own business when I get a text from YSS saying he forgot something at the house.   Internally I am screaming but figure I can just unlock the door and won't have to actually see him in person.   I don't respond to the text, since it didn't require a response and go unlock the door.  I get back to work and hear the dogs barking.

Now in my head I'm thinking surely he will be smart enouhh to just come in and get his stuff.  Nope...he stands there and knocks softly.  I keep listening for the door to open but nope.  So I go all the way across the house to seenyss standing on the porch like a doofus.  I pull open the door and say "the door was unlocked" as I am running back to my office.  
 

He snidely responds, " well I didn't know, you didn't respond to my text". 
Me:  I wasn't aware it required or needed a response.   
 

He then gets whatever it was he needed and leaves.  I'm sure he and BM are commiserating about what a horrible person I am.   Not that I care.

Seeiously though...how damn hard is it to put your hand on a door knob and turn it to open a door??   He has done this multiple times.  

I guess I should just be glad he doesn't just walk in our house.  But still, I knew he was on his way.  He saw my car.  He could have at tried the door.  

I really hate that this is how yet another relationship with DHs kids that is tanking.  But only toward me.   Part of me feels like I should try harder but honestly I don't think it would matter.  I tired hard in the beginning to only be treated like dirt.  I'm not up for that again. 
 

I would rather have root canal then deal with a kid weekend starting tomorrow. 

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Unapologetically Me's picture

I understand your pain as I tried harder in the beginning with my adult SKs. But now three years later, I am just going to be cordial & see how things are when the younger one (college graduate & mid-20s) leave and move in with older SK (almost 30 who just moved out last year) in two months. I am going to change the locks and alarm codes & ask for keys back from both. I can't wait to see how their living arrangement plays out. Also, I like what Gimlet said about not wasting any more emotional energy if you're the only one trying.