The Stepmother: Classic Complaints

The Stepmother: Classic Complaints

• "Everyone in his life, his kids, his former wife, and his business come before me."

• "He expects me to treat them as if I were their own mother, but then doesn't let me be a mother."

• "I want a child of my own, and he's had enough."

• "His ex calls and he jumps to her commands. It seems as though she has more influence on him than anybody."

• "My money goes to support this family because his money goes to take care of her and them."

• "His former wife never says thank you for any of the things I do."

• "The children treat me like the maid; I'm expected to do everything that their mother would do for them, but without the respect they would give to her. Even the cleaning lady gets more appreciation than I do."

• "He believes that buying them something, or entertaining, is fathering."

• "Guilt runs his relationship with the children."

• "His children say the meanest things to me, and my husband defends them and tells ME I'm overreacting."

• "I think I'm becoming the "cruel" stepmother. "

• "The worst of it is, when his children comes over, we have no sex life."