Advice from stepmoms or moms in general!!! So I'm about to be 18 in a few months and 3 months ago I had to move down to my dads (2 hours away from my friends and boyfriend) because of issues with my mom and alcohol. Anyways so the past two weekends I've been up at my boyfriends then my friends because of prom then a memorial towards an old friend. Well I got home today after leaving Sunday and my stepmom is trying to say I'm using them and they aren't just a place to crash at during the week and that my friends need to come down and see me(which they all have jobs and I'm currently looking for a new jobs but they work all the time so there's no time to come down for a few days) but my stepmom is making a huge deal about this. On the weekends they're always at my little brothers travel ball which I don't like but I don't see why it's a big deal why I'm gone. I'm with friends (like usual teens) I'm gone longer yes because I only get to see them every 2 weeks and it's a far drive. What do I do? I want to talk to her and explain but I'm too scared to. I feel terrible and have been crying a little. But I don't want her thinking I'm using them and her understand I'm just trying to see friends. We've been open about stuff before but she just seems to hate me rn about this. How do I approach her