The Saturday is fast approaching where it's my husband's weekend to have his child in our home. I dread every other weekend of my life.

Gals...I've moved out, and moved in with a girlfriend/co-worker for 3wks now.........

I dont think that i can do this anymore, too many issues:

*i went from single mom of 1 for 17yrs to married w/ 4step kids and his exwife from hell

I'm sure this isn't a new topic, but I'll welcome any and all input regarding the following:

I am the step mom to a 19 year old male college student still living in the house and still a lazy slob. I've been married to his father for almost 5 years and for the most part we have harmony and a nice relationship......until I open my mouth about the pigsty in the kids room or something else regarding the kid.

Hi everyone,

I just joined the site as I need some guidance with my stepson.

A little background. Met my wife and her 2 kids 5 yrs ago. She lived about an hour and a bit away from me. So I would come down and visit every weekend, and spend time with the kids and spend time with my wife.

Not sure if I can do this or not I have 2 children from previous marriage 19 & 21 more than ready to have mom get remarried! But the 2 possible twin 21 yr old sd's could be trouble live out of the house but expect dad to pay for everything! well I do help my children with somethings they work and go to school full time but use their money for gas spending and my son even has a car payment that he pays.

I started a small buisness, something fun, just for me to do on the side for extra money and also...just to get away from it all.........

Do you know that the ex wife, had the nerve to call me and tell me that if i want to use her oldest daughter who is 12 to help me ...she would be ok with it! She even said she was ok with me going and getting her to help me on the wkends that are not our visitation wkends.

Ok.. me and my step son are having a heated debate over the whole thing of step families .

Ok.. need input so he can read this, heres the issue:

I told him that when me and his father marry then my brothers and my sister become his uncle, he told me that no they would not be because they are not blood related basiclly,

So, let me start by saying I have been married to my husband 3 1/2 years, this is both of our 2nd marriages. I have no Bio children and he has 1 daughter who is 11 years old. It appears to me that his ex wife is NEVER EVER going to go away. She lives about 5 blocks from us, she calls 4-5 times a week at least to "make arrangements" for the daughter and she is always complaining about this and that and how she has to support his child.

I'm trying really hard to make my life with dh work, but I don't know that it's the right thing. I know he meets all the criteria I want in a man...I made the list when I was in therapy after divorcing my first husband. There's so much about him that rocks. I know that he's a solid guy who's always there for me.

I'm engaged to a wonderful man, whom we can just call the dh. He has an ex-wife (ew)who just won't let go. She is just so much in our lives I don't know how much more I can take.
I live in the house they shared, but she didn't want. I still have my own condo though because I'm not fully ready to move into that kinda deal.

I have lived with my BF for over a year now. I have no children of my own, he has two from his ex-wife. They are wonderful girls. I love them so much. At first it was hard for me to find ways to bond with them or really even to know what to do, but we worked through it and now we have a great relationship. When I spend time alone with the girls its great! My BF is also great, he treats me well and we get along great - when we have alone time its wonderful.

Hello everyone, this is my first post, but I've been reading all of your posts for a few weeks now. I can relate to so many of them. Ok, so here's one of my many issues..
I am a mother of one daughter (almost 3), My boyfriend has two teens (13-14). We have been living together for almost 2 years. Both are recently divorced. I have been through hell and high water with this man trying my best to deal with the insane witch of an ex. It's been really hard, and I used to find myself wanting to give up. We are great together, tons in common, all that good stuff. Did I mention that I moved over 3000 miles across the country just to be with him?! My question is this, I have proved myself and my level of commitment time and time again, I give our relationship 110% daily, and I truly am madly in love with this man.. so how long should I be willing to wait before I get a proposal?? We have talked about getting married, and he expresses that he loves the idea, yet, no ring.. and I sometimes get the comment, "I just want it to be perfect."

Hello all,

I am taking this opportunity to write down my thoughts and maybe get some helpful replies from people in a similar situation.

I have been married for 3 years, I have an 8 yr old son and 12 yr old step daughter.

My boyfriend and I have been together for around 4 years. We lived together, with joint custody of his son, for a year and a half. Things were not working out with us, mostly because of issues relating to his son. After reading several books on stepparenting and going to counselling with my boyfriend about our issues, nothing seemed to get better. We both tried very hard, but I couldn't take it anymore. I moved out and we have continued to see eachother for the last year and a half on days when he doesn't have his son. Our relationship is definitely more enjoyable now, but still somewhat strained because of having to work around the custody arrangement. There are a lot of serious unresolved issues between us from when we lived together and I'm not sure what the best way to deal with these issues is. It may seem highly impractical, but my plan at present is to wait until his son is out of the house (I assume that will be about 10 years from now) and then move back in together. I know this is sort of ridiculous, but I don't know what else to do. My boyfriend and I are very much in love and are best friends. I can't really imagine being with anyone else.

I am new to the board and new to being a step-mom. I’m a lesbian who recently married my wonderful partner in California after two years of being together. Her kids, my Skids, are 10 and 13 and we have a very good relationship. They are happy about the marriage. The kids aren’t the problem. My partner’s ex-husband is a left-leaning guy and swears that he likes me and appreciates how much the kids like me. They have a 50-50 custody arrangement, and because she makes more money than he does, she pays child support.