Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
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My mom has gotten calls for
My mom has gotten calls for my Ex (BS's dad) and I havent lived with my mom since I was 18 and there is no way that Ex was associated with mom (other then me). Never even lived in the same town.
I'm sure they back tracked, Ex - > Me - > My mom.
My mom was NOT happy about it because they kept calling and leaving messages.
MSD has a job, get CS, gets $700 a month in disabilty for her son, you would think that she would be able to afford her bills.
But no, she lives in a luxury apartment and drives a fancy car.
Be sure to give the business
Be sure to give the business MSD's cell number and address. They will pound your DH until he's a crazed lunatic blubbering in a pile on the floor until they manage to get hold of MSD. At least I assume they'll be as persistent as the bill collector's who were chasing down my SS were. Absolute miserable experience. Then the turd had the audacity to get angry at me for giving his work phone number out.
SS called me and blew a gasket because the agency started calling his work and his work was not amused. Pfft. I damn near went crazy for about six weeks back when SS pulled this stunt...those people phoned all day everyday . I never did tell SS how I got a hold of his desk phone number at his work, but once I did, game over.
These kinds of places have to keep calling the numbers they actually have on file until they receive the new/current actual number.
We got a call about my SIL,
We got a call about my SIL, once (not sure if it was a Payday place or something else). I was PISSED because she was told to NOT give our phone number out as a way to get a hold of her, as a reference, nothing. It's unlisted for a reason.
And the guy had her info but, of course, she was not answering his calls.
After I went off on him, I called her and went off on her. Hasn't happened since.
We get calls constantly for
We get calls constantly for BM. And mail. In fact, she just had her AARP information arrive at our house (FYI - she's 8 years older than DH, so in her 50's). THAT is one piece of mail I made sure to forward to her }:) as I'm not THAT old.
One time DH tried calling SKs on their home phone, it always rang, never went to VM or anything. He asked SK about it one day and SK said his mom had unplugged the home phone but he didn't know why. This suspiciously corresponded to the upswing in calls to our house.
You bet I got a case of oral diarrhea and spewed every piece of information I had on her and her DH (cell phone #, address, etc). You start infringing on my privacy with your stinking bill collectors calling here, I have the right to tell them what I need to in order to get them off my back and off my phone.
And yes, she told DH she was concerned that I was giving out "personal" information and she didn't appreciate it. Bite me biznotch, pay your freaking bills then you won't have to worry about your sordid financial affairs becoming common knowledge.