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There are some days, I just want to strangle BS21...

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My BS21 decided to jet off to London for spring break. All well and good, he flies free, his late dad worked for an airlines and he wanted to use his privileges. Now with the bombing, he doesn't want to come home and shorten his trip. He wants to go to Dublin and then fly from there. Well I am done with this. Time to stop fooling around and just come home. He can't access the website to check the flights because of unsecured servers and asked me to and doesn't believe me that the flights are bad on Friday and Saturday.

Empty nest feelings are starting again as SS has one year left...and SD surfaces again.

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I have the great benefit of working from home. One of the reasons, I think SS wanted to live with us is someone was home all the time. BM has a job working a lot and he was home alone all the time because SD19 was always out. Today after school just like every day, I am home working and he comes in my office to talk. It is the one time of day, that he is talkative. I enjoy it and I think DH resents it sometimes. We talk about school, and friends. This is the kid who has had so many issues with social skills that BM when he was 10-13 had him in a social skills support group.

Curious, question about Health Insurance for alienated Stepkids....

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Curious if anyone else is covering their stepkids health insurance and don't even see the kid.

I know it doesn't cost any more to have SD18 on DH's insurance, but it infuriates me that he covers a kid that won't speak to him. BM created this mess, she should have to cover her. Then at least the statements wouldn't come here. BM does pay the co-pays. I think DH should cut her off. You can't contact your dad in five months, figure out your own healthcare.

OT - Every couple should have to go through a remodel at least once....

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I am on day 4 of a Master Bath remodel. This is awful. I work from home and am tired of the banging already. What started out as 5K remodel of a shower, is now over 20K remodel of a complete bathroom. We started this because of the caulking in our shower kept getting mildew. We suspected a problem. Sure enough, lots of mold. They thought they could go on top of the tile there, but now, it all had to come out. Now a wall can move and that creates all new issues.

Taxes - Free Advice

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Ladies - After being on this site for so many year, every year we see one or two on here, whose DH waited to file taxes and BM claimed the kids and she got the deduction. Causes paperwork hell. My advice to all of you is to file ASAP and cut her off at the knees. Just my two cents after seeing it every single year and the frustration from the step when her return is all screwed up.

There are times I really hate people.....

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Yesterday, was a great day for my small company, I beat out a large competitor for another project. The group wants me after all these years of going with the big firms. Awesome and then what happens, I get a Facebook message do you know this person? It is BM. I ignore it and move on and then think about it. Why would I get that? We have no common friends. Turns out that my BIL and SIL friended her a week ago. When SD was on another trip to see my IL's in NM. I am excited and happy as hell about my business and let it go.

Every 6 months like clockwork...SD and BM just have to create drama.

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And I let them. DH didn't tell me about a call from his Dad two weeks ago to tell me SD18 was going to visit his parents again. Every single time, I have to find this stuff out through her Twitter acct. I lost it on him. I accused him of lying to me, he says it was an omission. My anger today, is it is still a lie.

I truly don't care anymore if he wears a coat....They broke me...

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Every year, same thing with my SS16 and it used to be with my SD18. I don't need a coat. Well it is 26 degrees here in Atlanta this morning and he is wearing the same sweatshirt he always wears. He has 20 sweatshirts and wears the same one that looks like he is pauper, an expensive one (Abercrombie), but it still looks like hell.

Entitled Stepkids and their college education...

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I am absolutely disgusted by the amount of entitlement these kids have with their education. Very frustrating for me today. Yesterday I received a letter from a young man in college in NY for Mathmetics in Secondary education. I met this young man when he was about 14 and had just moved to our town. I was the Committee Chair for my son's boy scout troop. A large troop with a 100 boys at the time. This young man impressed me then. He was great with the younger scouts. Unfortunately, his mom transferred to GA and then lost her job. Had sold her car and relocated here.

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