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Hello,

To put it mildly, I haven't been well lately and I've been working from home.  I've ordered lunch from Grubhub a couple of times throughout the last couple of months.  But today it really hit me that something seems really weird.  

Tuesday, I canceled my Spotify family plan and just kept the single-person premium for myself.  DH never uses Spotify and doesn't care, and Guzzlord does use it fairly often but honestly just f him, he contributes nothing to the family, community, or world, so he can legit deal with a few ads.  Everything's getting more expensive, I'm in cutting costs, growing my own veggies and herbs, clipping coupons, and ramping up the savings mode.  He'll be fine.  

I lost my patience with trying to get DH and Guzzlord in line on the dish situation.  Like, I realize it sucks this place doesn't have a dishwasher, but it's not hard to do if you keep up with them and I feel like Guzzlord won't die from overexertion without one.  I decided for now I'll do it myself and think of something Guzzlord can't screw up that's still helpful to his dad and I.  I feel like there's some weaponized incompetence at play here. 

I'm finding FSS18 to be kinda awkward to type so often, so I'm just gonna go with Guzzlord (it's a Pokemon reference) since that's what I jokingly call him in my head, anyway.  *biggrin*

We've had our puppy, River, for almost a year now.  We picked him up when he was 9 weeks old after an old friend back home pulled an irresponsible-pet-owner move and wound up with a litter.  I was planning a trip to visit, anyway, and the timing worked out just right.  

So I have 2 stepdaughters. The younger one is awesome. I relate and respect her. She is independent and a go getter. Doesn't fuss about chores. Will roll up her sleeves and help. And more importantly her dad doesn't worship her like he does his oldest daughter who is 20. And you guessed it, she doesn't lift a finger. Now that we've moved in I'm baffled by her selfishness and self centeredness. Now to be fair, she is always respectful and kind. Never so much as looked at me sideways. Which makes my jealousy all he more shameful. And I know my BF feels the same way.

His children do not like me. I'm a nice person and have never had problems making friends. We have been together five years and married two. I have tried to get along with his kids. They have never once talked to me or even acknowledged I exist. They have been rude and walked away when I try to engage in conversation. This Christmas his son who is 25 sent a card with only his name on it. The three daughters are not much better. The youngest 19 yo acts all nice when dad is around, but doesn't give me the time of day or makes me feel unwanted when we are alone.

Long story short, met DH when his daughter was 13, she was loud, demanding, overly bossy and highly critical of everything DH does. I spotted PAS quickly, from the judgemental things she said "you spent $10 on a bottle of wine? You should be spending that on me" all came from her mum

I swear I'm going to kill something! well, my husband put his foot down with 23 yr old daughter, so now she's going to pay rent this is after she said she wasn't going to pay bc it's so unfair. She's trash-talked my hubs to her family and now they think he's being a horrible parent. The ex-wife wants to face time a family meeting and discuss this issue as to why we are charging princess rent. The last time I checked her name isn't on the mortgage and she has no say as to what happens in my house period!