My stepmother is not the pouting-and-revenge type, but the "everyone should pay attention to me and only me" type. Can't decide which is worse. I actually talked to her on the phone after being taken to the emergency room this summer, and she said (literally): "Really? I hope you're okay. Hey, have I told you about my new stereo?...." and on to a rousing discussion of all of the things she has bought herself with my late father's money, none of which went to his children.
I decided that it doesn't add anything to my life to keep hoping she will turn out to be a good person, and I'm trying to get used to the idea that it's okay not to want to indulge in her long, one-sided me-fests. But I know it's a super-hard idea to get into our hearts. They still want things the way they
should be....
