What do they want from me?

[Takun]

I last saw my father when I was three. We were scheduled to go camping and he left the night before. I later found out he was running from paying child support. From what I hear he is a pot head and an alcoholic who is constantly in rehab.
My mother married my step father when I was 10. He treated me like his own until they were officially married. Then it was as if I was the only thing holding him back from a good life. He treats my two step brothers like gods. I get no support what-so-ever from him in anything. The bad out ways the good with him. He does pot as well. When he's high he treats me better, but I still know its only because of the pot. We used to wrestle on the trampoline until one day he took it to far and punched me in the face. I punched back and left the trampoline. We dont really play anymore.

Do step parents naturally hate their step children, I believe so. I think we act as a monument connecting our parents to the one they used to be in a relationship with.

[MasterKeyX]

Wow, that sounds tough... sorry man.

[Takun]

It happens. But thank you for the sympathy.

[Fishalicious]

Won't get into any personal experiences here...

but I will say that, in a lion pride, if a different male lion takes over, he will take the time to kill the cubs of the previous male. This is so that it is his genes in the gene pool, not those of the previous male.

While humans have evolved to be much more "intelligent" (for lack of a better term) and adaptable, we still retain our basic animal instincts. Fight or flight, for instance.

[MasterKeyX]

That's actual probably a plausible reason for a lot of malice in households that have step parents.

[Takun]

That was a brilliant way to explain this situation. Here, you get a SUPER STAR COOKIE TROPHY!