This is my first time writing...I need to vent and see if there is anyone out there who is going through my situation! My SD12 recently came to live with us full-time after her mother (if that's what you can call her) decided she is just "too depressed" to take care of her. Meanwhile, the BM has been seen around town having dinner, drinks, shopping, etc. During this transition, I was pregnant with our 2nd child. I am now dealing with some postpartum depression along with a 12 year old girl who thinks she rules the world. She has learned how to lie and manipulate from her BM and I don't like that attitude being around my children (2 yo boy and 1 month girl). I have never had a good relationship with her and it's deteriorating. She is spoiled like her BM...there is a wealthy "friend" who bought them a house, Mercedes, etc. I'm not jealous, for my H provides well for me...if anything, I feel as if I'm competing with my SD. She will make comments to my son like "you just can't get enough of your big sister"...and I think she does it because she knows it irritates me. Is it bad of me to say that I just don't like her? Just the site of her raises my irritation level, especially now with a newborn in the house and being sleep deprived. She is lazy and tried to act like my equal. I keep being told that the schedule is going back to normal the first of the year, but if it doesn't, I might go crazy. With the holidays coming up, I physically get ill at the thought that she might be here Christmas morning with me, when all I want is my husband and two kids alone. I don't want to share anymore of my life with her. This may all sound garbled...it's hard summing up 7 years!