Step family

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Long story.
Parents separated when I was about 8 years old. Now 40. Dad met new wife pretty quickly. They saw me & my sister every other weekend, took us on summer holidays etc. We had a great childhood. My dad & his now wife went on to get married & have 2 children when I was 18+. Since then they don’t give my sister & I christmas presents, sometimes give us a small amount of birthday money. I went on to get married & have children. We see each other quite regularly, birthday meals etc. We get on well, holiday together occasionally. They pay for their own, now fully grown childrens meals drinks AND their partners, whenever we go out, but never ever ours. They always give grandchildren Christmas/ birthday money but not us anymore. We’re far from comfortable financially whereas they most definitely are. My dad received a huge amount of money from my grandparents, it was expected they’d share with us. It wasn’t. AIBU to be peeved we’re being so differently?

My dad received a huge amount of money from my grandparents, it was expected they’d share with us. It wasn't.

Expected by who? If your dad's parents left him a large sum of money then it is his to do what he wants with it. If your grandparents wanted you to have some of it, they should have left you money in their will.

Just have a quiet word with your dad and tell him how you feel, that he treats his children differently and it upsets you

then depending on what he says move forward from there

So your half siblings are late teens / very early 20s?

You're in different generations and life stages. It’s normal for parents to switch to giving gifts to from child to grandchild when the grandchildren are born. I’d expect your dad’s will to be split equally though.