Since I’ve been seeing Hugh, I’ve attended two birthday parties at Mara’s house for Summer. I went to her house and spent 2+ hours there because Summer asked me to come. We didn’t have our own version of a party – we took our presents there and she opened them along with all the others.
This year, the party is at our house (because last year Mara didn’t do what Summer wanted as the theme… and she held a grudge, as pre-teen girls do!). Mara isn’t coming. Her daughter invited her to her birthday party, and she isn’t coming. She can’t be adult enough to show up, eat a freaking cupcake, give her daughter her present, and go home. No.
What is she doing instead? THROWING HER OWN PARTY THREE DAYS BEFORE OURS.
Thinking about it now makes me furious. Murderous. It is just. so. petty. This is NOT what is best for Summer. This is NOT how you keep a blended family functioning.
I want nothing more than to send her an email stating my real feelings on the subject… but I will rise above and continue to be the better person. Because that’s who I am, who Hugh loves, and who Summer will look to as a REAL role model. Not her trash heap of an egg donor.
NotEvilStepMother 