I am having a difficult time and I think so is my partner's daughter.
She hasn't taken to me at all. Id go as far as to say she would me to disappear.... (her dad and I got together two years ago and other than this have a brillaint relationship. We both adore eachothers company, make eachother laugh, have similar values and life goals)
I tried hard not to encroach on their family time, and I absolutely haven't tried to change anything or do anything that would threaten or upset them.
I have had a few moments where she has been friendly but most contacts she is verbally aggressive, snipey, plays her dad off against me, lies, says odd things, talks continually about people I wouldn't know.
I hought things would get better (i understand that she might be threatened, worried about attention from her dad, change, etc etc) but it's so, so bad that it's threatening our relationship.
She does have issues. There was drug use and she was expelled from school. She has quite a funny manner about her either targeting much younger children as friends or she will pick an adult to manipulate. Invariably there is an intense argument or fall out with the friend. Ive never known anyone command a room or create drama so routinely.
She lies and sadly has a reputation for being quite difficult and argumentative. At 16,