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Sad realizations about Stepmomming

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Hi Steps-  I haven't come here in awhile, but found you again today and thought I would check in. Thanks to this group, being a stepmom causes me less daily angst and less stress than it used to. Disengaging was a life saver, and setting limits with DH and my horrible MIL has helped me a lot. DH and I are still together, now married 6 years, our kids together are 5 and 4. SD is 12 and still goes back and forth 50/50, we all get along for the most part.

Update on DH never wanted our kids

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Well we met with our therapist this morning... So, she thinks DH "didn't mean it" and I should "try and let it go" and that he probably said it because he is hurting, and frequently gives me the silent treatment because he is hurting and this is his way of processing pain and shame. Hmm. So if he hit me, or cheated on me, that would also be "something he didn't mean" or "from a place of hurt" ??

Problems with DH- rough patch or something else?

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DH has been giving me the cold-shoulder/silent treatment for almost a week. It's a pattern, and we're at a point where I really can't stand it. It feels a bit like emotional abuse/manipulation. He won't make eye contact and doesn't address me in the family- just communicates through the children. (we have DD3 and DS2 together, SD10 50/50.) When he's like this he barely acknowledges me in a room and won't say good morning or good night- goes to bed at 9pm right after SD.

Mealtime woes. One step forward one step back...

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Is there an order of who's served first in a family that makes proper sense?

Is there an age at which kids should definitely be served their food ahead of adults (babies)? If so is there an age at which this is no longer appropriate?

I'm the primary person buying the food for dinner time, meal planning, and 90% or more of the prep and cooking for most meals. DH helps a few days per week, but like most women this seems to fall mostly on me.

The Inlaws left!

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Ugh well they finally left, after 8 days, most of which I have been completely confined to the house. Mil and I did have a conversation finally yesterday morning and "made up" in a sense... I aired my grievances - she was so reluctant to admit a single wrongdoing on her part or really accept that my feelings have any validity, and I did apologize for the way our relationship had deteriorated and for her feeling uncomfortable about it.

O/T sorta- MIL is here, day 4 of my personal hell

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You guys were so helpful at making me see the humor in this situation and the fact that I've put up with this B*tch and her antics for too long... Thanks for the support and advice. I am really in it now, so I don't know what else I can do except count down the days until my in-laws leave.

But because this situation now resembles a bad sit-com, (My in-laws favorite thing!) I thought I'd update you, at least so that you can laugh (or rage) along with me.

T-10 hours until my MIL arrives

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I don't know what I'm really hoping to achieve with this post except to say that I really can't stand my MIL. My in laws arrive tonight for 8 days. EIGHT days. Know this feeling of dread? It's currently much worse than skid dread.

Doesn't that seem excessive-8 days?- like max stay should be 5-6 days? These people don't live overseas. I almost feel like MIL chose such a long stay just to torture me. Maybe I'm being paranoid (:

The dread...

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Oh god. My inlaws are coming my inlaws are coming my inlaws are coming.....
Is it normal that it bothers me so much that my DH can't remember or have the consideration to tell me when and for how long his parents are coming to stay in 2 weeks?

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