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Sweet 16...Would You Invite The "Ex Family"

CrystalRE's picture

My daughter is having her sweet 16 in a little over a month. I am planning a party for her and wondering if I should invite the ex and his family. We don't have a fabulous relationship but not the worst either. My plan if I do invite everyone is to invite the ex and his family, his new wife and her family plus all of my husbands family and mine.

Opinions please?

How should I handle this?

PrincessFiona's picture

Ok, so I picked up SD's phone this weekend and read some texts she had sent to a friend saying that at night she punches DD when she's sleeping. They share a room and choose to share the queen size bed (both also have a twin loft bed in the room). She has a history of being mean to DD. She's quite jealous of her for many reasons. But she also goes back and forth treating her well, depending on what she wants out of it.

Vacation time ...

meneran's picture

So, vacation time is approaching, and i am getting more anxious.

This year we had one week of vacation just the two of us. Now we are having another 2 weeks with his son (10).

My problem is that he is already saying that we spent too much money on holidays this year, and that next year we cant do the same.
This means we will only get vacations with his kid. I am not sure i can live through that each year after year.

How do I make him see that I deserve some holiday time without his kid?

So I guess I'm disengaging now... sort of

Miss Know It All's picture

After FDH's not-quite-breakup with me, he asked if I could be "hands off" with FSD3 going forward. I asked what he meant and he couldn't articulate it to me (and this is why we're in counseling) -- so I tried some of the stuff I've read here on StepTalk about disengagement.

Moving forward

Sita Tara's picture

Hey there from a former SM.

It's official and now I am taking over "evil BM" status for the OW I suppose. I'm sure she's heard how awful and dysfunctional I am, how it's all my fault that he had to walk out on me for her. Etc etc etc. I know.

Because to a degree I heard the same tale- with the exception that they were already divorced when we started dating.

Just another day

MemizeIHope's picture

I'm so tired of BM not letting us talk to my sd6 on the phone. We try to call and leave messages and she never calls us back. I can't believe that she wants to ruin her daughters relationship with my husband/only father she knows. Just because she is mad at my husband for moving on and trying to do the best for the child. I'd love to know why mothers out there act so selfish and have no concerns for their own children.

vacay question?

rozylady2's picture

should the teen stepkids have a room to their own while my bkids sleep in the same room as us the parent who are paying for whole thing. the skids will be bale to do things my bsons cant and will not be a requirement for them to watch them.also my bsons are not young toddlers they are 11 and 14 years old, your thoughts plz?

Teenage SD's want SD7 to visit their home on her own...opinions?

Anywho78's picture

Ok…for those of you that read my blog, you know that I’m resident SM to SS8 & SD7 with no bio kids (if you don’t count my dogs). While I’m not BM to resident Skids, SO & myself do all of the parental work & their BM (Nasty) sees the Skids for less than 1 week per year.

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