After the coldness at home this morning, my DH sent me a text and said he just wants me to be happy. He called me a while ago and I told him that it is possible for all three of us to be happy. (me, him and SD12). I said it's gonna take some change. He asked me what I meant and I said SD12 is gonna have to get some responsibility and grow up and act her age. I told him it's not necessary for him to entertain her all the time, pick up after her, get her dressed in the mornings, start her shower water, wait on her hand and foot, etc. I told him I just want us to be a normal (as normal as stepfamilies can be). Well, he got all defensive and said "it's easier said than done." Then he started to act like I was being unresonable and brought up my sons-19 and 23. Yes, I have had a tough time with them, like most parents do. But I can proudly say I quit having to dress them when they were 4!!!!! And I told him "the big difference is, YOU don't have to live with MY kids!!!!!" (They live on their own in my house and we live in his house.) Then he got a big attitude and hung up on me!

If this thing doesn't work I hope I see him in 10 years so when he is still having to baby his little girl I can say "I told you so!"