Alright, one of the ongoing battles in our house is around SD11 and dinner time. When dinner time is announced, she always says that she's "not hungry" and doesn't want to eat with us. DH then tells her, tough get out here. She comes stomping in and complains about the food, the other kids being too loud, she's not hungry, etc. DH then says fine she can leave but she better not ask for anything else to eat.

Back story: been with my now husband for almost 4 years but we only moved in together and got married in July. We have my 2 boys 5 nights a week, and his 3 children 4 nights a week. I get along with everyone in the house EXCEPT oldest SD age 11. We don't actually fight, I just don't like her. She is entitled, lazy and RUDE beyond belief.

Okay our house rule that my dh came up with was that all of our kids need to eat in the kitchen only. When my kids or his younger 2 kids absentmindedly meander out of the kitchen while chewing dh is on them but when pinches oldest sd sneakily tip toes in, quietly opens the cabinet and grabs an entire bag of cookies and then tip toes back to her room he sees nothing???

Me to him: hey hun, sd just took a bag of cookies into her bedroom. Him: she did? Are you sure? Me: yes! Go look. Him: I'm right in the middle of something I'll bring it up to her later.