I hate myself sometimes for the way I feel towards my stepdaughter's mother. Stepparents definitely get the short end of the stick from my experience, but I have made the most of it and in the end I received the unconditional love of my stepchild who I view as my own daughter and she even calls me "Mom". Her biological mother finally abandoned her almost a year ago and so I'm going to adopt her. The last few years have been a hell though dealing with the bio mom and I feel I have PTSD from it.