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Sometimes It Is Too Much..
I think I'm going to start seeing a lot of change in my life, and whether for the good or for the better, I'm really not sure. And it scares me.<br><br>As of today, my stepdad is retired. I've vented about him before.. And here I go again. Don't take me the wrong when I say this, I don't mind doing some work around the house. But he thinks I'm Cinderella, most kids spend their Saturday's at the mall? I clean the house. Not just "clean your room", although that is among the list. I clean my room, dust the house, sweep the floors (sometimes wash as well), and then Windex the kitchen appliances, bathroom mirrors and counters. It wouldn't matter that much, except for when his daughter comes up, he doesn't make her do a thing. She talks back, ignores what he tells her to do, everything. If my tone even gets irritable, I get yelled at. I know I shouldn't get irritable, and I try, I do. It just doesn't help when he criticizes me constantly, not being able to fight back takes a toll.<br>When he was working, that was my escape. If I had off, I had the house to myself. Now he'll be there when I get home, when I have off, everything. My mom is getting short, she's starting to say things like "I don't know how this is going to work." Or "Retirement is going to be unbearable." My stepdad acts like he is two. If his plans get screwed up, he'll get all bent out of shape. If my mom doesn't run upstairs immeadiately to say "hi" when he gets home, he'll get mad. My stepdad needs her to sit with him downstairs every night, and if she misses a minute, he gives the, "We rarely see each other." Speech. He is a real people person, and needs to be in the center of attention. Now, he will be alone all day, so when my mom gets home, he is going to want immeadiate attention. She still has things to do, get ready for work. It's just.. A lot to take on. <br><br>He has been talking about retiring forever, and now that he has, I can't grasp it. I understand what it's going to be like, but, I can't describe it. A nightmare come true, I guess.<br><br>Tonight, he told me to do the dishes and that I should do them every night to help my mom because she works hard everyday. This much is true. I must not have looked too happy because he said, "I'm not yelling at you, you should just help your mother whenever you can." My mom was upstairs, and overheard. She came downstairs, must've been scowling because my stepdad asked her what the face was for, and she told him. Now they're already in a fight. My mom was trying to get me to tell her he said something he never said. She was still mad, and I really wanted to say that she just started an unnecessary war. But then she asked me if she was only making it worse, because when she fights with him, it usually ends up with them arguing over how he treats me. So, since I don't want her to stop fighting for me, I didn't say anything. Now I've locked myself in the bathroom, crying. <br><br>Cookies to anybody who managed to read all of that. XD
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