Although it has been more than a few years ago, I still vividly recall the day that SS (now 36) informed me that if I won the lottery - he would expect to share in the winnings. In his own eloguent redneck drawl I was told "If ya win 5 million I'm looking for say about a million ov it".

I looked at him in disbelief that he would even say something so outlandish and stuttered "well, that probably will never happen" (meaning that I would ever win the lottery anyway so it was irrelevant what he would "expect".) SD (now 35) ran across the room exclaiming "What did she say?" like she was trying to be witness I suppose in the event that I would have agreed to give him something...IDK. Ridiculous on both of their parts! But I'm sure momma BM put them up to it despite the fact that both were well into their 20s at the time.

You can bet that neither SS nor SD would ever have thought that I deserved anything they might have won but they BOTH indicated by this incident that they felt were owed at LEAST 20% of anything I might win!

This should have told me volumes about their character and motives years prior to when the final blowup over REAL money occurred but I tried to overlook these types of actions at that time so that my husband could maintain his relationship with them. Stupid and naive - I know.....

I wish that I had known enough to disengage back then because the evidence was there. Although it would not have spared all of the drama at least my bios and I would have been exposed to less stress over the years with the evil stepadults continuos love and hate behavior cycle that would spiral out of control whenever they did not get their way.

I have to thank all of the past and present members of this forum for giving me such good advice and insightful information. Memories such as the one above are now just pathetic to me since I disengaged and they simply reinforce my resolve to stay away from these toxic and greedy people. I credit all of you for my new found resolve. Thanks.