From what you've said, it sounds like your step-mum is not in a good place mentally right now, and that is affecting how she acts towards and around you.
This might sound daft, but could you perhaps offer to help her with meal preparations? It would help you and probably help her as well. Or is there something that's preventing you from doing that?
I had to step up and help out in the kitchen as my parents got older, particularly when my father became terminally ill. It was and sometimes still is stressful for me, particularly when I'm preparing something new or having to improvise a meal, but I've gotten better at it over the years to the point where I've now got the hang of avoiding the stress and making stuff tastier.
The things she cooks are very basic & she has told me she hates people in the kitchen with her, so I don't think she'd like that. She makes the kitchen a pretty unaccessible environment for me by playing loud music and talking loudly to herself etc. It seems like she has a really weird issue with cheese as that is what made the argument from her side.
The things she cooks are very basic & she has told me she hates people in the kitchen with her, so I don't think she'd like that. She makes the kitchen a pretty unaccessible environment for me by playing loud music and talking loudly to herself etc. It seems like she has a really weird issue with cheese as that is what made the argument from her side.
Ah. That really sucks. I hate to say it, but moving back in with your mum might be a good idea at this point. But hopefully others here may have other suggestions, as that would probably be a last resort for you from what you said above.
