Dear Queenie,
When my mother’s boyfriend’s son stays with us I have to share my bedroom with him and I’m expected to spend time with him and take him with me to whatever I’m going to do. He’s supposed to be visiting his father but his father is usually busy with his work or going out with his pals so it’s up to me to keep his son entertained.
The son is not the kind of person I would normally have as a friend and none of my friends know him, so I get stuck with him and miss out on whatever I otherwise would have been doing.
Queenie, this isn’t fair!—Fed up
Dear Fed up,
You are right, this is not fair to you – or to the other boy involved. Talk to you mother about it, and to her boyfriend if he is approachable. He is supposed to be interacting with his son, not using you as a babysitter.
