or so.Middle Brother: On average every other weekend, but that was only because she moved out of state. When she lived close it was every weekend.Q: Did you ever get tired of going to see your biological mother? Why? Oldest Brother: Yes. Honestly, I was tired of her always being depressed and gloomy. It made me sad for her.Middle Brother: No, because she was my mom no matter what.Q: How close, emotionally, do you think you were to your stepmother when you were growing up? Oldest Brother: Not close at all, and didn’t want to be either. I was used to doing what I wanted, going where I wanted, with no one but dad would be telling me what to do.Middle Brother: Pretty close, she was my step mom and I respected as so.Q: Did you show as much respect for your stepmother as you did your father or biological mother? Oldest Brother: No. One night she got all emotional telling me my dad was wrong to be bringing us up the way he was, and that she was trying to help us be better people, yeah right! It pissed me off! What gave her the right to tell me my dad was wrong about anything! I felt she was just trying to make herself feel better about the way she treated us.Middle Brother: Yes.Q: What are your feelings towards your stepmother today? Do you respect her more than you did when you were younger? Oldest Brother: I do respect her. One reason is because she’s my dad’s wife, and he loves her. She makes him happy, I think. The other is, I don’t live there anymore and don’t have to deal with her everyday.Middle Brother: Yes, I’m older and wiser and I understand some of the things she did as I was growing up.Q: How much was your stepmother involved in your life compared to the lives of her biological children?Oldest Brother: Obviously there was a lot of favoritism. Her “little angels” could do nothing wrong. They got the best rooms in the house, the best clothes to wear, anything they wanted, they u...
