It feels nice to vent or see that other people have similar beliefs and what I am experiencing shouldn't be or isn't normal.

I regret staying in this relationship, if nothing other than for the fact that, I have spent so much time caring about something I can do little about. I have spent so much time trying to normalize unacceptable behaviors.

It will be another Mother's Day weekend and I will receive no acknowledgement from my husband or stepson, however I have grown accustomed to it. In previous years, I would ask my stepson if he wanted to get a card and remind him to call his Mom. I don't care anymore. I actually wanted to send her some flowers from him for his birthday, but then I just didn't. We don't talk at all, and that's fine, I would just think that you'd want to have a relationship with someone who hangs around your child, but her relationship with the ex-husband is so volatile and I've been told I'm scary. . .*crazy*

I had been finally fed up with the lack of help maintaining the house and so I have stopped.

I have stopped regularly cleaning, cooking, reminding, caring, and honestly if feels good.

My husband made himself some food and didn't immediately get it from the microwave, his son came to the kitchen, and I guess took the food from the microwave and ate it, lol. My husband was upset and talked to him about it. Also made him clean up all the stuff left out from lunch, which this is ACTUAL first time he has done that. Normally he leaves it for me.

My husband called his son back down to pick up the one thing he left out and told him, I am not cleaning up after you.

It felt nice, but it also feels too little, too late and I have 0 confidence that this will stick because he will be going to his Mom's for the summer in 22 days.