I have an amazing four year old step daughter who I absolutely love to see each weekend and one day mid week.
I've been with my partner for two years and we live together, all very happy and in love. I really try to make an effort with his daughter and I know she loves being around us. I always do activities with her, chill with her and we spend time on our own together also. So, please don't get the wrong end of the stick - I think she's great.
However, she's very bossy and I don't think her dad really sees it and I'm probably being really immature/petty here so I'm prepared for the flaming!
Both myself and my partner drive each other's cars, obviously at weekends we share a car if we're out somewhere altogether... but he always asks her do you want to sit in the front or in the back? And she always picks front, now I have a tiny car and I'm cramped in the back in my own car! When I was growing up, it was the unwritten rule that adults sit in the front (gosh, I sound so petty!) but now it's a tiny three year old in the front seat.
Also, am I being unreasonable in asking her to tidy her bedroom before she goes home? Either myself or DP does it after she's home but I really feel she should help us tidy it?
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GimmeFourCrunchies · 17/04/2018 12:20
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