Hi, I am writing to ask for some advise.<br><br>The situation: I am a new step-mother and at the beginning things were fine - my partner, his son (16 years) and I got on well together. however, it has all turned in my opinion after I met the biological mother the first time. The son started being really antagonistic towards me. No matter what I say, he always tries to prove that what I saying is non-sense, or he puts a question back. For example, when I try to find some conversation about something "what do you thin about x, y,z," he says "what do you think I am thinking?". Or he snaps for no reason at all. Generally very rejecting. <br><br>I find it really difficult and I am at a point where I just keep distance to avoid being put down all the time. My partner unfortunately started doing the same with me. And I am really upset. I talked with my partner that the communication is really negative and I feel that I cannot speak openly anymore without taking the risk of being put down. He now tries to be more supportive. <br><br>His son is just difficult to deal with even with the very limited contact that we have. I am considering moving out because the weekends are horrid and I am hiding away in the living room. The son also has incredibly bad table manners for a teenager: he eats mostly with his hands (never seen him with cutlery). Recently in the restaurant he used the napkin to wipe the burger clean from the sauce and then put the sauce-drenched napkin in the middle of the table - it made feel sick but did not say anything. He also only eats very few things since early childhood (chips, omelettes, burgers, bread, crisps) has never eaten anything else - he rejects everything. It is just odd.<br><br>Any tips?<br><br>Thank you.