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My stepmother acts like I'm competing with her, and I'm tired of it.

You've got to go for first place.

I am 19 years old, and I am away from home attending college.

I'm really close with my dad and two younger sisters.

My parents are divorced, and my dad remarried my stepmom, 45 female, about seven years ago.

By the way, this comes from Miss Molly 314. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK Storytime subreddit and I'm Angie. I'm Carly. And we're here to give good advice goofily. We don't have all the answers. We just know what we would do in the situation, so let us know what you would do in the comments. Anyway, I don't know what it is, but my stepmom has never made an effort to get to know me.

It might have something to do in the situation, so let us know what you would do in the comments. Anyway, I don't know what it is, but my stepmom has never made an effort to get to know me. It might have something to do with the fact that when my dad was still married to my mom, he cheated on her with now stepmom. Long story short, I found out and sent stepmom a really mean email, but it was a mean email coming from an immature eight-year-old who didn't understand the complexity of the situation. I feel like it would be really unfair to write me off because of something that I did when I was eight, but I digress. Continuing on, due to my biological mother's mental health issues, I was not a part of my dad's life until I was 15. When I was reunited with him, I was genuinely excited to meet his wife and my half-brother.

I was hoping that she could be a mother figure or even just my friend. I've tried really hard to

make this happen too. I buy and make her gifts during the holidays. I try and get her to do stuff

with me. And I have tried to tell her directly that I want a relationship. But she still does not like me.

She barely speaks to me. Every time I see her, she acts like everyone wants to get rid of her,

despite everyone reassuring her that we want her around. She will often just leave the house with

my brother whenever I am around, I think to make my dad feel bad about her perceived victimization.

She will also say passive aggressive thingsgressive things that may imply that

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