I know you are so right!
Posted By: OP on 2009-04-12
In Reply to: You can only be taken advantage of if - Answers
I just don't have the nerve to tell her how hard it is on me and my family when she stays with us. She often talks about her husband's kids, who she has been stepmom to for 20-some years and she really bitches about them. Sometimes she has even asked me if it was her that was the problem, but I don't have the gall to tell her yes. I am sure those kids are just sick and tired of her. She was at the oldest's home for Christmas and she started a huge fight with everyone and wound up leaving early and now all she talks about is how horrible they are. I cannot find a kind way to explain to her that her behavior alienates (sp?) her. One of her big things also is when she gives you something (money, a gift, whatever), she feels like she owns you. She thinks she can stay at our home whenever she wants because she gave us 3,000 for a new furnance when we bought this house 5 years ago. I did not want to take it and certainly did not ask for it because I knew I would be paying in pounds of flesh and drops of blood. She would give me whatever amount of money that I asked for, but I refuse to ask her for anything. I feel bad just really talking this candidly about this with virtual strangers, let alone broaching the subject with her.
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