My husband’s daughter is a horrible money grabber

DEAR DEIDRE: MY husband’s daughter is a vile person who is out for all she can get.

I’m her stepmother and 55. She’s 33. I raised her and her sister after her mother passed away, then her sister died of cystic fibrosis.

At her sister’s funeral, her father heard her say that, now she was the only one, she’d get anything she wanted. She started asking for handouts.

When he finally refused to give her any more, she didn’t speak to us for three years.

We saw her at a wedding recently where she ignored me all day, but made a big fuss of her dad, making the experience incredibly uncomfortable.

DEIDRE SAYS: How sad. She’s hurt and angry because those closest to her have gone, and you and her father get the brunt of that anger.

She feels entitled to money, but what she really needs is bereavement counselling.

You and your husband are feeling hurt, so find help through Stand Alone (standalone.org.uk), which helps people of all ages who have become estranged from their family.

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