Hi, i just have a question for any step kids out there that are adults reading these posts. Are any of you really happy with your step mom? Have you been around them since young children, have you seen them help you grow into adults, and do you hold them at the top of the todem pole along with your mom and dad? I just wonder sometimes if all the efforts I put into my sd will ever pay off down the road, if she will ever bond with me like i would like to happen. And what is the liklihood of that happening these days? I dont want it to feel like wasted energy.