u/CockroachDry1060

For context I (17 f) had my mother in my life until about 7 when she left and my step mom (36f) has been there the entire time. Growing up me and her didn’t her along, she would scream at me or get mad at me for every little thing, when my little sister was born it just felt like I was the black sheep and when I would get upset that my sister was getting raised better than me and how bad my past was with her and my dad I’m always told to “get over it”. Now I can’t say she wasn’t supportive she has been but again the relationship is strained. The situation that is making me feel terrible now is the fact I didn’t have her name called for when I was announced as a candidate for prom queen at my prom. Before prom I was given a paper that I had to turn in that same day on what i wanted said about me while I was walking down the carpet and one of the questions said “parents” I didn’t know i could put her on there as a step parent so I just put my dads name and my moms name, well the prom king and queen ceremony was last night and they called my parents name when I was walking down the carpet as a nominee, The entire thing was filmed and she saw it. One of the other nominees had their step parents name announced so today when we were talking she called me messed up because I didn’t have her name called. She told me “you had your moms name called even though she hasn’t been here for years” I told her I didn’t know I could put her name on there and she said “well the other student figured it out, you could have asked” I told her I didn’t know who to ask because I was given the paper by a student and it needed to be turned in that same day. We continued back and forth for a bit before she just walked away. Now I feel terrible.