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Submitted by HappyCow on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 7:00am

Yesterday I felt obligated to post to Facebook something about my Step Mom's birthday even though I had spoken to her throughout the day.

My step mom hates calling me her step daughter because it makes her feel old. When she introduces me she calls me Mike's daughter and then I correct her and introduce myself as her step daughter.

This is what I posted:

Happy Birthday to the world's best step mom! I know how much you adore me for telling the world that you are my step mother.

Annoying Teenisms

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Submitted by HappyCow on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 9:13am

I look at my SD15 who is a good kid (despite recent boys in bedroom activities). She doesn't argue, gets good grades, is wonderful with DD6, and overall just stays in her room.

However, it's the everyday stuff that is slowly driving me insane. If there is a trash bag sitting in front of the front door she will step over it instead of just taking it outside on her way to the bus. She leaves cabinet doors open when getting a cup out. If there are dishes in the sink heaven forbid she puts them in the dishwasher.

Update and Thank you's to SD15 being caught with a boy in her room

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Submitted by HappyCow on Tue, 03/04/2014 - 1:38pm

DH and I wanted to thank everyone that took the time to post helpful advice for how to deal with SD15 being caught in her room with a boy and breaking rule #8. DH and I read over each comment and really got a lot of great ideas and insight that we both needed. It was really helpful to take a step back and not be so emotional over the situation so that we could deal with it in a calm and organized manor.

It Never Ends-My Step Mom and Mom's matching outfits

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Submitted by HappyCow on Fri, 11/22/2013 - 2:03pm

A little background: Both my parents are divorced and have been remarried for over 20 years. I am blessed that I am very close with both my Mom and my Step Mom. My Dad and my Step Dad are pretty great also. My Mom left my Dad for my Step Dad but that was a very long time ago and for me it's just water under the bridge. I knew at the time around their divorce that they had a very toxic relationship and in the end I think everyone is a whole lot happier.

DH Stepped it up this morning

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Submitted by HappyCow on Thu, 10/31/2013 - 8:13am

As SD15 was heading out the door this morning DH stopped her and told her to change her shirt because it was low cut and somewhat see through. So damn proud of him. Of course after she left he asked me if I thought he was right to make her change. He got a big kiss and a sneaky grab (wink wink). I think positive reinforcement is going to work well for us!

Convo Between DH and SD15 (Still Feeling Good about full time SD)

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Submitted by HappyCow on Mon, 10/28/2013 - 8:04am

In the past before we had full custody of SD15 on Saturday mornings DH would drive to pick up SD15 and be at her BM’s house at 9:00am and then on Sunday night BM would pick up SD15 between 8:00-9:00pm. Now DH drives her home on Sat morning and BM drops her off on Sunday. Yesterday, at around 4:00 SD15 walks into the house and I was surprised to see her so early but I didn’t think too much into it and continued my laundry rounds and cleaning the house.

Later on in the night I overheard this conversation between SD15 and DH. (not perfect word for word but pretty close)

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