Dear Farnaz:

“You  should fix that computer asap, I can’t imagine how it’s held together by clips“- it works so far, although I have to press the M key twice each time.

“I kinda enjoy sarcastic comments” – so you enjoy my hummmmor, nice (I try to be funny, but I rarely succeed).

“Women for men like him are for ego boost… I’m sure he could  be even more brutal  and he would enjoy it more but he knew I would kick his a$$,  literally , lol…“- second smile of the day appeared as I imagined the Far (good and beautiful, high in status) Naz (charming and elegant) literally kicking the guy’s a**!

“She was pathologically jealous, even in smallest thing like buying a hair clip or painting her fingers in exact color that I did… She is a retired teacher, and she was friends with a former student… they talked nonstop by phone, I mean maybe at least 10 minutes each hour, doesn’t it look strange“- looking from the outside, seeing an older woman talking to a much younger woman as if they were two teenage girls does look strange.. but looking at it through your step-mother’s eyes, a teenager in her own mind.. nothing strange about it.

“My step mother was“- a teenager stuck in an aging body, if I may complete the sentence.

“I overheard a conversation she had with this girl about me… they were twisting every word I said… plus mocking me“- two foolish teenage girls gossiping.

I see what you meant by your father having enjoyed the two of you competing for his affections, one was significantly more emotionally mature than the other.

I agree with what you wrote in your last paragraph. I will be following the news. Maybe international pressure on the matter will help.. maybe.

anita