#85: The Evil Step Mother

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  Just like the evil Queen cliche, this one still goes on in fiction today.  Apparently, whoever your father is to remarry is doomed to be evil and treat you like dirt.  You are "doomed" to be treated like a servant, wiping the floors with rags and having to pick lentils from a fireplace in order to go to a dance.  This is not in fact true!  Step mother is just a title, and nothing more.  It just means your father re-married after a divorce or the death of his wife.  In fact, there is a good chance the woman he marries will end up being nice, just like him.  Your father has good taste and is not just going to marry some snotty jerk. 

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