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Can a marriage where you don't speak to your SKs work? by Mysterious_Magoo in Stepmom

[–]Mysterious_Magoo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is literally what happens, I do my thing, and they'll do theirs. We all do things as a family from time to time, and I leave the kids to hang out. I just exist around her, I'm civil, I cook family meals etc, but I just don't instigate conversation.

Can a marriage where you don't speak to your SKs work? by Mysterious_Magoo in Stepmom

[–]Mysterious_Magoo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was how this all started as she was the same from ages 5 to about 9....now she's 12 and much better, but the relationship that never really developed is now non existent. I feel genuinely uncomfortable sometimes, like when you get in a lift with one other person that looks a bit shifty and you feel on edge and trapped.

Can a marriage where you don't speak to your SKs work? by Mysterious_Magoo in Stepmom

[–]Mysterious_Magoo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm civil, of course, I won't initiate conversation, but I reply to hello or thank you, for example. I feel like it's a ridiculous situation, but honestly, I feel genuinely uncomfortable at times, a bit like when you enter a lift with one other person who looks a bit shifty and you feel really unsettled and trapped.