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<blockquote data-quote="Sister's Keeper" data-source="post: 697311" data-attributes="member: 20051"><p>Do you have children of your own?</p><p></p><p>You need to tread very, very carefully here. Demanding a parent choose between you and their child is a battle that will, likely, not end up with you as the victor.</p><p></p><p>None of the things that she has done seem too egregious to me. She is over 21 and drank the vodka you bought for yourself. Rude, but not really what I consider "stealing." Forgetting a DVD was in her laptop, and possibly losing a bottle opener don't sound too much like stealing, either.</p><p></p><p>I ask if you have kids, because when you are part of a family. Kids eat or drink all of something you were saving, they use things and aren't careful with them and lose them or break them. </p><p></p><p>I am a step child, and thank goodness, I was never treated any differently than the bio children. Maybe she is lying about drinking it because she forgot to replace it and knew you would be angry. Like your husband said, maybe she just isn't used to the type of household where they just help themselves. Your husband doesn't have a problem with her drinking (up until now) so it's possible she didn't think it was that big of a deal.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I would be more concerned about the amount she drank than whether she drank something you considered "yours."</p><p></p><p>I do agree that I think you and your husband need marital counseling. Fortunately, or unfortunately, you married a man that has children. These children are going to be a part of your life for a very long time. You are both going to need to learn to give and take in regards to his kids.</p><p></p><p>Like the others said, lock up the things that you consider "yours" and you don't want others touching or using.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sister's Keeper, post: 697311, member: 20051"] Do you have children of your own? You need to tread very, very carefully here. Demanding a parent choose between you and their child is a battle that will, likely, not end up with you as the victor. None of the things that she has done seem too egregious to me. She is over 21 and drank the vodka you bought for yourself. Rude, but not really what I consider "stealing." Forgetting a DVD was in her laptop, and possibly losing a bottle opener don't sound too much like stealing, either. I ask if you have kids, because when you are part of a family. Kids eat or drink all of something you were saving, they use things and aren't careful with them and lose them or break them. I am a step child, and thank goodness, I was never treated any differently than the bio children. Maybe she is lying about drinking it because she forgot to replace it and knew you would be angry. Like your husband said, maybe she just isn't used to the type of household where they just help themselves. Your husband doesn't have a problem with her drinking (up until now) so it's possible she didn't think it was that big of a deal. Personally, I would be more concerned about the amount she drank than whether she drank something you considered "yours." I do agree that I think you and your husband need marital counseling. Fortunately, or unfortunately, you married a man that has children. These children are going to be a part of your life for a very long time. You are both going to need to learn to give and take in regards to his kids. Like the others said, lock up the things that you consider "yours" and you don't want others touching or using. [/QUOTE]
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