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School trip...need some advise so we wont get stuck at the last minute!

tryingtomakeit's picture

I have tried to disengage, but when Im making most of the money then I feel I need to voice my opinion. My sd is going on a trip for school coming up this summer.

I dont have an issue with her going at all, actually I think children should travel and see how other people live and act and just see other things. But, my husband lost job....he DID find another one, but he is not making what he was, so we have had to really cut and watch spending.

Kinda OT - Jumping

MamaBecky's picture

So that's the thing now? Jumping each other? Little posse's of snot nosed brats ganging up on other girls and jumping them? What the hell. I remember being mildly bullied in HS...told by a bf's sister that she was going to jump me and cut my beautiful hair off (jealous! lol) but I knew she was all loud talk and no action...my niece was jumped for no reason last week, my oldest SD has been threatened multiple times...and I see it on the news all of the time. You think...where are the parents...but we all know.

Ex and CS?

dragonfly5's picture

In the state of Florida does my SO have to report if he has an increase in income, so that his child support can be modified?

Or does the EX have to request a review of the CS, which I understand in Florida she can do every 3 years.

Thanks for your help! We have been looking on line but do not see a definitive answer.

THANK GOD THEY'RE GONE FOR 2 WEEKS AGAIN!!!!

baseballgirly's picture

Generally I count down the days of the weekend when the skids are here. I hate every minute they are around. I no longer spend any time with them and I don't feel bad about that. I didn't know when CL and I started dating that I would end up being annoyed by absolutely everything these kids do!!!

I even get myself worked up before anything even happens by playing scenarios in my mind of what I THINK will happen.

OT to a degree - a vent, rant, not about stepkids.

JRTerrierMom's picture

Today and much of this past weekend I've felt blah. Just tired. Tired of dealing with kids who don't put ANYTHING away. Tired of being a broken record. Tired of listening to the SO complain that my kids are messy and i know they are beign slobs and am actively trying to get them to clean up. Grounding, privilege loss, phones turned off, I've done it. Neither have video games or cells or anything that needs charging or can be played. They are one step away from sitting on their beds with tehir hands in their laps every day until the end of time. Ugh.

I dread the switch days.

birdsofafeather's picture

I dread the switch days.Even though I am treated as if I am invisible and don't exist, I hate the negativity,glaring and laziness of it all.I have disengaged and that only seems to have added to my frustration ,because now all the things that I have disengaged from become last minute emergencies or never get done.DH just seems to have the ability to not let that stuff bother him or he doesn't care anymore.I need to learn his technique......Now, on the flip side when they go back to the other house my mood improves greatly.I can come home and find the food that I have in the fridge for dinne

Wearing on me mentally

frustratedstepdad's picture

A month ago, DW and I agreed to taking care of SD's 2.5 yr son while she works as a housekeeper during the week (2 hours away), and then comes back here and strips on the weekend. We told her we'd give her until the end of Nov to take care of him, and for her to get her own place. Considering that the money she makes at the strip club is tax-free, she actually makes more than I or DW does per week. One night she even came home with over $500. Of course I've started to notice that when she doesn't come home at night, she seems to come home with more money.

Why do I have to point this out to you?...

Amazedstepmom's picture

Why do I have to point out the your kids are here to see you, not play in their room while you fill out (non-urgent) paperwork?
Why do I have to remind u to pay your CS and tell BM when you will be away for work?
Why do I have to be the one to get annoyed when your kid takes a helping of dinner that is too much for two adults and they have been told over and over to take a small amount and then get more if still hungry...this is at the same time you sit there and laugh?

Should have just went away for the evening to avoid being here.

Day 2 PM

habsle's picture

Sad For the first time, E and I are home...by ourselves... going crazy. I'm losing it! I don't know if I can do this much more. The back talking, the I'm going to do what I want to do and you can't do anything about it, the lying... All I feel like I can do is cry!

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