Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
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Wow that would be a crazy
Wow that would be a crazy situation to not have all the kids there all at once for any significant periods of time. Not only because there would be no essential couple time, but because it would not be conducive to family blending.
We have SS full time so my
We have SS full time so my son and his son are home ALL THE TIME at the same time.
(Sometimes my son is away for the weekend with his cousins or friends and it is nice to have a weekend to myself with no kid. This is MY OWN kid and I adore him, so I can only imagine how awful it must be to NEVER have a kid free weekend.)
humm if you are young and you
humm if you are young and you meet your prince on the white horse, you start a family, and you stay married for ever, then you have your children every night and every week-end lol,
SO had Aergia full time and I had Deigma full time, then I send Deigma off to boarding school cause he was on his way of turning into a brat... we only had them both holidays full time and no problems, I dealt with it like I would....
no child will ever be the boss in my house and make decisions, they can wait till they live in their own places, they pay for...
when DH and I first got
when DH and I first got married, he had EOWE and extended time around school breaks and summers. I had the Things at home and my daughter was in college. The Things were week on week off with Asshat, so I would have one week with the Things and DH and then DH would go to MedusaTown that weekend. DH and I bought a condo in MedusaTown due to the distance between that town and my town. The next week was just DH and me
Once DH got custody of the skids, my boys would be in the house one week and out of the house the next. The skids were aaaaallllllllwwwwaaaayyyyyssssss home.
DH has SStwinsA&B13 EVERY
DH has SStwinsA&B13 EVERY W/Th/EOFri-->weekend. I have DS13 and DD12 most days during the week, but that does change during hockey season as ExH is DS's coach and he keeps him after late practices, which he has at least twice each week and EOW.
DS5 is ours so he's here all the time of course! So they are like ships passing in the night at times, especially with all activities, etc........but it is routine and it has been like this for almost nine years.
Now that BM is talking about trying to get full custody again, even though she works in NYC for half of each week, it may change if she can find a judge who will grant that }:)