I don't know if I'm just being a whinge but I'm starting to feel so fed up of this. Ever since DP and I began living together he and his daughter have become like some seclusive group. When we go out anywhere she instantly links arms with him and drags him off in front so that I'm left trailing behind them like an idiot. At home she always needs to speak to him "in private", if he goes in her room he closes the door behind him and you can hear them whispering. She even texts him from her bedroom whilst he's in the living room so they can have a private conversation like that. Its really getting me down. Just before christmas we went into town together to do some christmas shopping and when we first got out of the car she grabbed him, linked arms with him and tried dragging him down the street fast. He played along and made a joke of it, ran a little down the street and looked back at me to smile. I smiled back thinking they were just messing about but she then took it to the next extreme and carried on trying to run arm in arm, he followed her and they ran all the way down the street and across the road!!! giggling like little kids and I was left walking behind on my own like a bloody moron. I had it out with him later on and said they were just playing about and I was over-reacting but I don't think he understands how isolated this behaviour can make a person feel. If he gets a letter from school about her he doesn't show me it. Doesn't discuss her with me yet expects to be conpletely involved in MY children's lives. I'm starting to think I've made a huge mistake. She's 14.