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OT - Anyone Else Ever Read STFU Parents??

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:40pm

Has anyone else heard of STFU Parents? Basically, it was a reader-submitted site where people sent in the most obnoxious posts from parents and she posted and made fun of them. She had categories like "Mommyjacking" (posts that were about something else but a mom or dad got on there and made it all about her/his kid) and "Sancitmommies" (posts where moms or dads went on and on about how good they are.) Hilarious stuff. 

I don't think this blog is active anymore, but I used to waste hours reading posts on this site. For my sanity. 

Very Strange and Interesting Conversation with my In-Laws this Weekend

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 7:50am

So DH and I had some business meetings near where his parents live on Thursday and Friday. We stayed with them...and then stayed a while on Saturday, too. 

DH went to see a friend from high school who was having a rough time and I stayed home. His parents and I started talking about all sorts of things...but they brought up their grandkids (my skids) and started saying some really interesting things. The short story: They feel like their grandkids have become just like BM and only care about them for their money...but have disdain for them at other times.  

Was Kinda Hoping the Radio Silence Would Last Longer

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:20pm

So I got a text from my DH today with SS's updated contact info.

Along with a text: "SS's new phone number. Just talked to him for a while." 

Me: (not caring at all) "OK. So he's on his own phone plan now?" 

DH: "I didn't ask. This wasn't a confrontational call...just getting the conversation going again." 

 

Anyway. Annoyed that DH immediately assumed I was wanting him to be confrontational. I was just curious about the new number and not at all curious about their conversation. 

Damn it DH. Feckin' Bioparents and their Feckin' Rude, Child-Centric Ways

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 7:18pm

A very stupid, somewhat petty vent but here goes. 

A friend of ours is in town staying with us for the next two nights and wanted to take us out to dinner tonight as a thank you. We choose somewhere moderately-priced but very good...downtown. As we're walking in, DH mentions that "maybe YSD would be free to join us for dessert or we should go see her after for dessert!" 

Covering for Crappy BMs?

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 10:35am

So...this isn't about my skids but about my nephew...who is my sister's full-time stepson. They've had full custody since he was 4 going on 5 (he's just turned 13) because the kids mom got busted driving under the influence of meth not once but twice with her babies in the car. 

His mom now gets 6 hours of supervised visitation every other week. So, yes...that's 12 hours a month and she doesn't even take it every time. 

SS and His Crazy Entitled Behavior

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 3:56pm

So...SS has been driving DH and I insane lately with his crazy and (in my opinion) entitled behavior. DH thinks he's just "clueless" and "bad at money" like his mom...but I pointed out that being chaotic about finances implies a certain kind of entitlement to me...because he knows someone (aka us or his grandparents) will bail him out and he is counting on that instead of learning to be disciplined.  

I'll try to be brief. 

For Richer or Poorer??

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Submitted by TwoOfUs on Wed, 01/23/2019 - 1:39pm

Hey. 

So...I've noticed an interesting trend on this site recently...which is to tell the wives/stepmoms who post here that if their husband can afford to 'finance' or 'spoil' etc. his adult children while still meeting his obligations to the household...then she should really butt out. It's none of her business. 

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