DEAR ERIC: I am ashamed to admit it, but I hate my three stepchildren. The daughter is the prime antagonist. Let’s call her Mabel. She is the overwhelming example of a narcissistic personality: self-absorbed, dramatic, unable to walk in anyone else’s shoes.

At first, her young brothers were much more welcoming to me, but they were always standoffish when their sister was present. Not even a smile when the self-anointed queen bee was there.

Unfortunately, all hell broke loose when my husband and I had to have unexpected major surgery in the same week. Despite our wish to be surrounded by family during our recovery, Mabel had every excuse under the sun why she couldn’t visit or help out.

Yet, she called her dad every day to ask him many personal questions

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