Is this wrong, to wish on some level, that our SDs would grow up and fall in love with a divorced man with kids (thus becoming SMs and knowing how it feels)? This occurred to me as kind of a joke, but to me this is what it would take for the SM to be fully appreciated.

Hi, I will be out for 2 weeks. We will finally get to have SD here, haven't seen her since Dec. but I don't want her to know about 'us' , so have to lay low. I actually hide my laptop so she won't ask to use it, and can't get on at work. At least we get to go on vacation too! for one of the weeks.

I was out of town so am just seeing this . . . what do you think? oh and p.s. my SD called her dad today, after 3 mos.! and of course we were glad to hear from her.

TRIBUTE TO STEPFATHERS PAYS HOMAGE TO OVERLOOKED DADS By Abigail Van Buren

Freaking Facebook. I got a call from a relative tonight to say, have you seen SD's Facebook? well no I don't indulge, don't even know how to work it, so they read it to me. The bile, the condemnation of her dad on the internet with her name so all her 'friends' can see was just so mean and absolutely sickening.

We were just saying on Catch's msg., how we got our names, I have often wondered this about people. So even if it 'should' be clear, please fill us in, why (your StepTalk) name?

I'll go first, when I first came to this fantasic site, like so many I was very down on myself and signed what I intended as 'Most Evil?' like am I a terrible person.

Hi guys, I never blog but this is on my mind. We live far from SD because BM was so vindictive DH felt he had to leave town in order to work, she would call his work, come there, etc. they just could not get along at all and she is nuts. So we only get to see SD on her school breaks, we fly her down.