I don’t like the step kids.
I’m trying but ...
(Yeah I can all see you rolling your eyes at the but lol)
... i have had to deal with their disrespectful, lack of manners and picky eating for years. The boy has this droning whiny voice like the BM. The girl is always having a vague attempt at manipulating - she’s 9 and she gets that from BM - can not just ask for something outright, has to talk around it and ask around it, never just saying “hey can I have an apple” always ..”I saw you bought apples today at the store *long pause inserted here where she glares at me (which I just ignore now)*” or my personal fave “those apples look really yummy *insert same stupid long gaze (I also ignore)*”. Just ask the fucking question for fucks sake!
The boy had meltdowns over the most ridiculous shit - BM didn’t pack his shorts from dad to come home - queue meltdown and crying because they are “his favourite shorts” - fuck me he has a whole drawer of shorts.
Then there is the BM bullshit like all we do is eavesdrop on their phone calls. She’s a twit with a voice like nails down a blackboard who makes drab sarcastic remarks to her own kids on the phone aimed at us, the kids don’t understand what she’s on about and come and ask us why mummy said this and that.

I am over it. All of them.