My stepmom is baffled as to why I never want to see her and my dad alone after I moved out. In the process of this conversation, she answered her own question.

This is gaining a bit of traction, so I’m gonna add a quick comment.

I do appreciate all of the well-intended comments and support, but I don’t need advice. Every thing that I have been advised to do, is stuff I have done many, MANY times. Even the legal action suggestion.

Sticking up for myself” in the traditional way ended in screaming fits. They are going to have the last laugh, because I will allow them to have that last laugh so I can focus my mental energy on building a new life away from them.

That’s my version of “sticking up for myself/getting back at them.” Building a happy life that does not include them. I am SO EXCITED!!

I could write novels on my family dynamic. It gets crazy. My biological folks and stepparents married each other’s exes. Yes, you read that correctly. It is insane.

I also have a story of when my car broke down. My grandmother sent me money to get a new one. My dad intercepted it, and used the money to buy himself a brand new nice car with seat warmers - and left me his car that died a week later.

He convinced my grandmother that this was okay, and stepmom being a lawyer knew how to keep it okay. Stepmom simply asked me how I felt about inheriting a piece of junk.

That was a fun day.

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