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I'm looking at this from the divorced dad's perspective but I'm missing a lot of info. Anyway, my 80+ male neighbor died 10 months ago. He married his wife, who was living there with her 1st husband, when we moved in 51 years ago. They seemed very happy, she had been in a very limited situation and the new husband, R, was proud to take her to car races, out in his boat, etc
Hi everyone, been a little while.
Im currently on a beautiful vacation with DH and 'ours babies'
Hello All,
I've been a step mom for a couple years now. When I started dating my partner his son was 2 years old. Now he is soon to turn 5. I had hoped being in his life so early that we would grow a strong bond and a great relationship.
now this far in, I question it a lot. An example, today his mother dropped him off to me for part of the day and over night. She no more than left and he said he wanted to go to his moms. And then sat there saying he wished his dad was home.
DW is on a call with our eldest niece in my IL clan.
She was hired full time with the school district as a SN student class aid at the beginning of this school year. This is about the only chance that she, her mother, and my SIL have at a long term job that will provide benefits and a pension.
Hello everybody!
This is one intense show. If the first episode is indicative of the whole series, this is going to be an emotional roller coaster.
Not specifically step related but certainly some parallels to what parents in general and far too many SParents struggle with regarding early teens and beyond.
Last night when DH and I were discussing our weekend plan (also the weekend before DH's bday), SS interrupted asking when will we leave and when will we be back. DH looked at ss comfused becase SS is not part of the plan. Turned out SS just want to make sure no matter where and when we go, we need to be back on time to take him to the event he wants go to.
Mind you, we haven't even finished planning, we didn't even decide which day of the weekend we will go.
I've been dealing with some health issues so it's been a while since I have last posted. SD's latest request made my jaw drop. She wanted to move in our home with her husband and son so that they could save money to keep on travelling. This woman is 37 years old and expects we would provide shelter and food for them. DH flat out told her no and that they needed to work it out themselves. Needless to say they have not gone on any trips recently and we don't see them too often.
It's official. SS14 flunked math for the third quarter. The teacher texted DH a couple of weeks ago to warn him and encourage him to get SS to turn in missing assignments. That prompted DH to reach out to other teachers to ask if there was missing work, etc. Surprise, surprise, there was a long list. DH sat SS down and made him go down the list to do all of it.
Thay helped with some grades. Not with math, because SS told DH he submitted the five assignments -- which he did, but three were blank and two he only did part of it, getting 5/50 in all.
I have been totally disengaged from SD14 for several years now. Not even a simple greeting or eye contact when she is physically present. Shno longer asks for rides, buying things, etc.
SD14 sends me a text out of the blue yesterday. "I left a trash bag on the porch. I'll get it when I come back."
I still had her contact saved in my phone. The last text I saw was 2022. 3 years ago! No happy birthdays, Merry Christmases or anything inbetween. But she randomly texts me about a trash bag???