Step Talk

too bad those ungrateful brats cant take a clue from him and his selfless atitude.

and BM needs to get a life. Dh needs to tell her, no more phone calls when they are w y'all...if they need her, they will call. end of story!

"Given the right reasons and the right two people, marriage is a wonderful way of experiencing your life."
~the late great George Carlin

DH insisted on waiting until SD (then 13) was at our house to decorate the tree. So we did. Whatever her problem was, she LAID in he middle of the floor so we all had to step around her and didn't help decorate AT ALL. Then when DH tried to get her involved she said, "I hate Christmas." In front of BD (then 3). And, of course, DH did NOT reprimand her about her attitude, just kept trying to "jolly" her out of it. And BD then spent the rest of the holidays saying "I hate Christmas."

"Are the holidays over yet?" Too funny...seconds ago I emailed a friend of mine and asked her the exact same thing!

This year is just so much more stressful for everyone because of the economy. My business is really suffering...I've hardly worked at all this year. I just can't deal with any B.S. this year.

Here's a great quote I came across:

"Nothing says the holidays like a relative on the rampage..."

I'm doing everything on my own this year. My son and I are spending Christmas home alone...no more running the roads Christmas day to put up with screaming, pouting grandparents ruining it. I'm going to get my Christmas tree by myself...last year my bf stood me up to run an hour away to get parts for his princess daughters new 4 wheeler and then LIED to me about where he'd been. The only decorations in my house will be my son's Christmas stocking...and probably one for our dog, too.

Last year my bf bought his princess a pricey 4 wheeler, this year she's making noises for a car. My son will get the usual $100 spent on him for Christmas this year and he'll be happy! All he wanted was a pair of gloves!

"To Thine Own Self Be True" William Shakesphere

Can't believe your SD16 is already putting dibs on things, waiting for "Daddy" to die! Wow. She's a piece of work-cut, it sounds like, from the very cloth SD17 is cut from.

BEFORE I married H, I thought I'd probably let his girls have my good jewelry when I die. Because i have sons, who would have no use for it.

AFTER I married H, I've done a complete turn around. Any and all jewelry, including the jewelry H gave me, will be given to my sons. if they have a wife or daughter, they can give it to her. The leeches will have nothing of mine.

Mustang, I'm so jealous. I would love to have Christmas, just me and my son. Like your son, I could never give him alot-and he was much more appreciative of the inexpensive items I could afford than the sd's ever were, when their father spent the bank on them.

I put up the Christmas tree myself, and the outside decorations. At one time I had visions of us doing it all together. Not any longer. It would simply mean increasing the contact I would have with the three leeches, and I'm just not into self-flaglation.

We are putting our tree up this week if all goes well. I guess I am fortunate that my kids don't ask for expensive stuff but they do wish for stuff like a laptop. My FSS1 is too little to ask for anything so that's great for now.

I love the holidays too more for the giving and family time and baking than anything else.

Five, are you SURE you're not my long-lost sister?
(HA!)

Is there anything MORE annoying than a GROWN-UP
"whining" Daddy!! Daddy! (I hear it from three ADULTS on a regular basis); nothing against "daddy",
my mother referred to her father as "Daddy"l it's
just the TONE OF VOICE!!

I am SO DREADING Christmas with these "people" ;
I'll probably have to "work" Job 3 Christmas Eve so
I'll get to dodge the dysfunctional Christmas Eve
dinner at MILs. (smoke fest; bitchfest; REALLY sets
the "tone" of the holiday spirit...).

I already TOLD H that CHRISTMAS DAY will be SPENT
at OUR HOME with US (H and I) in charge. Anyone who
wants to come visit will be coming to Kitty and
H's house...not "daddy's" and Kitty can be there,
too!

I didn't talk to him the whole vacation (I guess I
called him in a bit of a stupor Friday night...I
don't even remember ...I was sunburned and was
playing Jimmy Buffet with the rum and cokes...so
of course he interpreted it as "I missed him"...NOT!)

But, I did tell him when I came back that this is IT.
NO MORE planning holidays with the SSkanks. No more
hanging out all Christmas holiday at mama's. If he
wants to be with them SOOOO Bad, then let's just get
a divorce and he can spend the rest of his life with
them.

Of course, he tells me that I'm blowing it all out
of proportion, yadda yadda...he just doesn't think
it's WRONG to be led by the nose by his "family",
especially on holidays, because it's gone on long
before he met me.

And, I'm no bah-humbug; I cannot stand HYPOCRICY. I
don't feel real "Christmassy" around a bunch of
chain-smoking whining, bitching, idiots who feel that
just because they get together for the holidays that
they have "spirit"....I compare it to my dog taking
a whiz in the grass; like habit, he goes to the same
spot the same time of day. Same difference. For
years, these yahoos assembled at the same place and
did the same thing on Dec 24 and 25. No wonder
any "changes" seem weird to them. I guess if I told
my dog he can't PI$$ in his favorite spot tonight,
he'd be pi$$ed, too!

DYSFUNCTION SUX!

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."-Eleanor Roosevelt

I feel for ya girl! I think it sux that you have all girls for skids, cause I think boys are soooo much easier! You had no drama when they weren't there..... What is up with that BM? Did she ever say why she was calling so much? What a witch!!!! We can start calling her girhippo....I just love that! That's my new name for BM's! Crayon's word! I laugh everytime I hear it! I do hope it gets better for you!