Hello Everyone! I am new to this whole site and I really have to say I am glad there is a place like this. It will be refreshing to get feedback from other people that are step parents, can relate or just have an opinion. I am about to loose my mind so I don't know what else to do.

Okay so here goes....my husband had 3 children and was awarded custody of all of them when they were very young...because there mom stayed in jail and on drugs. 2 boys 7 and 8(who are mine as far as I am concerned) and a daughter 16 who is nothing but pure evil.

I know that may sound harsh, but she really is. She was okay until we got married, how dare you was her response. She would corner me when her dad wasn't around and tell me it was her turn now. She stole things from me, she tried to get me in trouble with CPS by telling them I tied her to a chair, she would come and sit by her dad and the couch and start rubbing on his arm, look at me and grin (he would finally tell her to stop and go on). If I went to the bathroom she would run into our room (like some crazy other woman). She threatened to kill me in my sleep. My daughter was killed in a horrific accident and she comes in and looks at me and says I'm the only daddy's baby now. I tried to get her help and they diagnosed her as Bipolar 1. She never stops though - after she threatened to kill me in my sleep I had to put my foot down and say she had to go or I had to go. It was a huge fight between my husband and I because he had never believed she was doing this and our marriage was almost over. She thought that it was and she pulled her little game in front of him and called me a bitch. I stood up and yelled GD do you finally see (I just couldn't hold it in). He then sent her to live with her mom's family. It has been 2 years since and this child doesn't want to see her dad until it is some kind of holiday, our anniversary, or if she finds out were going out of town for the weekend for some one on one time. Usually it never works he doesn't fall for her game. Now the other day she calls and says shes gonna come to his moms for Thanksgiving (which is where we had planned to go). She doesn't appreciate that I'm gonna be there - ugh I wanna scream. She pulls these little poor me acts and people fall for it. She still sends me these little phsyco emails telling me that he is hers and I will go away...that he is hers and I need to drop dead. Mind you know my husband does not get onto her for this crap, just tells me to ignore her and don't read them. AHHHHH......I've told him many times I don't care if you see her, just keep her away from me and don't ever bring her to our house. Now I either have to take the chance this child will go crazy and try something, deal with her crap all day or not be with my family for Thanksgiving - which I know is what she is wanting. She tells these little evil lies to people and they think I'm just so evil. WHAT DO I DO?

Whew and that's just the brief account of things....am I wrong to hate this child.