I had to go to dr. for a check-up being as i'm 5 1/2 months pregnant. I left my BD/2 and SD 7 at my mothers house for about an hour and a half and when i get there my mom is pulling her hair out cause SD is so out of control the word my mom used was manipulative. If it wasn't think it was another. She takes toys from the little kids. (My mom has custody of my nephew who will be 3 in a couple of months)She is told not to do something so she tell BD & Nephew to do it right after she being told not to do it her self.

If you haven't seen the blog on the wedding and inviting a SD you are missing a great read. The OP is what makes us stepmoms look so bad to the outside world. Her views on whether a child of a previous relationship should be a priority for the next marriage, make us all look bad. Stuff like this makes us have to fight a pre-conceived notion about us as Stepmoms, before we even walk in the door.

As I sit in my office today I am thinking about the long day/evening/night ahead of me. You see, I have to work 2 jobs to support my household because after child support, my husband puts about $700 per month into our bills...yes, you heard correct...$700 per month..that doesn't even cover our rent. So, as I sit here and think about leaving my real job 10 minutes early so I can get to my second job on time...the BM, SD, SS and their siblings by their BM are all on a plane to sunny Florida for a fabulous 7 day vacation.

I really should learn to not say anything I just seem to jinx myself.

Long post - but i'll break it up.

is the story SS called to tell last night. SS turns 18 tomorrow & was wanting to spend the weekend with DH & I to celebrate.

He called around 9:30pm last night & said that when he woke up at 6:30pm...yep, PM, BM told him that she'd had a stroke that morning. She was fighting with the live-in (not dating, but he pays the bills) & she kicked him out...again...yesterday morning.

SS slept through it all, but the story goes like this:

How many SMs of SDs feel this way?

Quite a few I believe. I'll bet we never bargained to have, especially in the case of step DAUGHTERS, FOUR parties in our marriage/relationships!!

And in the case of marriage, I thought the "third" party was SUPPOSED to be GOD?!

Oh wait, BM and mini-wife take that place.

BM bought SD7 a cell phone to bring with her for summer visitation. Of course she never discussed this with DH, and only emailed the day before about it just to inform him that it was not to be taken away from SD. So now he looks like the bad guy if he were to take it away or put restrictions on it. It’s not like we don’t let SD call her mom any time she wants, and we don’t deny calls from her mother, even though 4 out of 5 weekly calls get denied when he tries to contact her. SD has already been taught that she has to remember to call BM every night before bed, or she will get in trouble.

Due to the deceitful behavior of SD15 & SD13, BM Redneck has been wanting to have a sit down chat between her, her SO, my SO & myself confronting the girls about their various lies & stories. My problem is that SHE is just as bad as the SD’s.

I have a step daughter that is 7 years old and 4 boys that are mine. I would take these 4 boys over one girl any day! My husband and his ex have shared custody so we have her for 2 weeks and her mom has her for two weeks. SD lives in this fantasy land that both parents provided and now that im in the picture I have put reality into perspective for dad. Its one thing to do things with your children but going to theme parks constantly, zoo, build a bear, mall, chucky cheese etc. needless to say its rediculous.

SO IT has been agreed upon that my dh,bs and I will be moving back home to be closer to my ss. I am excited bc my friends and family are back home!! I want our BS to grow around his family. I just am not looking forward to dealing with BM. I also was getting use and kinda liking the fact of only seeing the SS on summer vacation, christmas, and Spring break! We have been away from him only 4 months then he was with us almost 2 now we won't see him till possible spring break ( if BM isn't a WITCH again) . Worst case in 10 months for now is when we would get him again.