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I'm looking to get into some thru-trekking before going overseas, It's my dream to do the full Camino de Santiago from Lisbon, however I'm halfway across the world and I would love some options that are more local, in a sense. I know about the Appalachian Trail, the PCT, and the John Muir Trail, however I'm looking for something less in the wilderness and more of walking from town to town.

We don't really have hostels here, which drives up the cost, but I figured I'd ask if any of you fellow Americans know a good hike.

I'm approaching a loss at what to do. I 34(F) am engaged to a woman 34(F) and we've been together for five years. In that time we have had several conversations about her children, including a time where I almost left the relationship because she wouldn't get the children to stop sleeping in our bed every single night. That was a couple of years ago.

I have two children from my first marriage who are 13and 14 year old girls. She has two children from her first marriage, an 11 year old girl and a 7 year old boy. The 11 year old girl talks A LOT, and talks loudly, is constantly interrupting people, is constantly interrupting people, and from the second my fiancé gets home literally does not stop talking. It's gotten to a point where if she stops talking for a little bit and then I start speaking her child will speak over me or interrupt me whenever I do. Not only that her children are constantly all over her and I barely get to interact with my fiancé from the time she gets home from work at approximately 6pm until the children go to bed. Most of the time they are sitting right beside her, follow her to the bathroom, follow her from room to room and I rarely get an opportunity to even interact with my partner.

The other day my fiancé and I were speaking and I asked a question. Her daughter immediately yelled over me and started to answer the question for her mother. I just looked at her daughter and said "I wasn't talking to you." My fiancé has not been receptive of me at all since and has been extremely cold toward me.

Bed time used to be 8:30pm and I've been fairly strict on it in the past, my fiancé has been letting her children stay up until 10 or 10:30pm the last couple of weeks. When the children do go to bed, no matter what time it is my fiancé is immediately ready for bed and has "nothing left for me". Either that or she scrolls on her phone and we rarely converse.

We go weeks without intimacy. Whenever I point out that it's been six or seven weeks we will be intimate for a day and then it's right back to the same ol' same ol'.

I've expressed my frustration. I've expressed that I'm feeling unimportant. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm considering getting a second job to get more financially stable and leaving the relationship.

I'm approaching a loss at what to do. I 34(F) am engaged to a woman 34(F) and we've been together for five years. In that time we have had several conversations about her children, including a time where I almost left the relationship because she wouldn't get the children to stop sleeping in our bed every single night. That was a couple of years ago.

I have two children from my first marriage who are 13and 14 year old girls. She has two children from her first marriage, an 11 year old girl and a 7 year old boy. The 11 year old girl talks A LOT, and talks loudly, is constantly interrupting people, is constantly interrupting people, and from the second my fiancé gets home literally does not stop talking. It's gotten to a point where if she stops talking for a little bit and then I start speaking her child will speak over me or interrupt me whenever I do. Not only that her children are constantly all over her and I barely get to interact with my fiancé from the time she gets home from work at approximately 6pm until the children go to bed. Most of the time they are sitting right beside her, follow her to the bathroom, follow her from room to room and I rarely get an opportunity to even interact with my partner.

The other day my fiancé and I were speaking and I asked a question. Her daughter immediately yelled over me and started to answer the question for her mother. I just looked at her daughter and said "I wasn't talking to you." My fiancé has not been receptive of me at all since and has been extremely cold toward me.

Bed time used to be 8:30pm and I've been fairly strict on it in the past, my fiancé has been letting her children stay up until 10 or 10:30pm the last couple of weeks. When the children do go to bed, no matter what time it is my fiancé is immediately ready for bed and has "nothing left for me". Either that or she scrolls on her phone and we rarely converse.

We go weeks without intimacy. Whenever I point out that it's been six or seven weeks we will be intimate for a day and then it's right back to the same ol' same ol'.

I've expressed my frustration. I've expressed that I'm feeling unimportant. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm considering getting a second job to get more financially stable and leaving the relationship.

I need advice on how to handle this without blowing up the relationship. because I really don't want to end things.