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violet_petal's picture

So after about 3 weeks my SD8 still has lice. Her mother was supposed to treat her throughout the week after me and my BF treated her all last weekend. It was exhausting!
I came home today and checked her hair and she still has them! I was so livid because it wasn't taken care of. Her mom did only one treatment. I was so mad, I started ripping into my SD on how this shouldn't of happened. I didn't think about how it wasn't her fault and was displacing my feelings about her mom onto her.
My BF was upset but told me that I over reacted, as usual, and wanted to start yelling at me when I was ripping into my SD. This has been building up for some time. I always seem to be doing the wrong things when it comes to my SD. I focus on the negative, make my BF feel bad about himself, act bitchy all the time because I can be very passive aggressive, and ruin fun times.
The type of person I am started questioning if there is someone else out in the world that would be a better fit for him and her. Would it be better if I just wasn't around. I feel like I'm a bad "stepmom" and would be a bad parent because of recent experiences. I'm very depressed right now. I don't know what to do with myself. I feel like I need to just go away but that will upset BF because he wants me there and involved for some reason...

hippiegirl's picture

Hang in there violet. With skids, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. In your defense, BM should have gotten that lice problem under control. It's unhealthy for her (SD) to be infested for that long. I can understand your frustration. I have 4 kids, and one thing I've learned is that, when it comes head lice, you have to stay on top of it. One treatment does not cut it, because the eggs hatch after a few days. It's gross....I don't blame you for ranting. I swear, these BM's are never wrong and it makes me sick.