I feel silly, Me giving YOU advice, but maybe it's time to pull back on your expectations of your stepmother and maybe even your brother. You know pretty much how they are going to behave.

If it's still time, make a call to the newspaper and tell them they were misinformed. Give them the truth. They may even print a correction if it's already been run.

I had to be on my toes with my EX's wife when the two oldest were still unmarried. She'd pull all kinds of sneaky things. The one that topped it off and I corrected her immediately was when she stood up at the same time I did when my daughter got married. I figured everyone had their eyes on the bride so I shoved her back down to her seat. She was right behind me. Even so, her friends asked me why *I* stood up as the bride's mother. I set them straight, too! Like they couldn't tell that my daughter looked JUST LIKE ME???? The stepmother is blonde... and as ugly as an English Bulldog!!

There are just some thing that you don't let the "steps" get away with, ya know?