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Does anyone have any advice on how to really be effective in saving with coupons? I have been clipping for a couple of months & remembered to actually take them with me for the first time yesterday. LOL! I guess making step 1: Be sure to have your coupons when you go shopping.
We spent $170 & saved only $7.42. I spend $1.75 on the Sunday paper each week to get the coupons. With the 2 months of papers I've purchased I figure I'm out $6.58. :?
So I have decided I am really leaving. I can't and I am more than torn up about it. Anyone know any step moms who have left and regretted it? I dont know if I will regret it but I love my SO alot but I feel like its not worth what I am putting into it. I need some encouragement please
Just spoke to my MIL (DH's mom). She says to let her know if DH ever steps a foot in the ex-in-laws' house because that will be it, she and his father are prepared to write him off! :jawdrop: She said she would be sorry for me and my children the day that ever happened because we are innocent in this whole thing, but that she'd have nothing to do with her son if he chooses to socialize with these people who have never ever supported him, done him so many wrongs and cannot be trusted. And she made it very clear that she does not want my kids going to the ex-in-laws' house either.
In reading a lot of the blog entries here, and looking back on my own experience, I think skids tend to put up walls against the stepparents. I think they do it because, deep down, they feel some sort of insecurity about us. They may feel insecure about how much Dad loves them, how much happiness he gets from them, about having to share Dad with a new person and about the new stepparent in general.
I have thought about leaving before but I always end up staying because I really love our family.But I am getting to the point where my relationship is really non existent and my relationship with the kids is the only thing thats good. I feel like he doesnt care if I am in or out. I dont feel appreciated or loved anymore. I dont think I am a priority and ya know what I shouldnt just be a priority I think I should be top notch number 1 priority. We had trouble with his oldest son in the beginning but lately he has been great.
Hello all, for those tax savy people out there. I know that you can open an IRA account by tax deadline and it can give you a tax credit for 2010...up to 5K..
I guess basically my question is do you only get to deduct as a credit exactly the $ you invested?
Say if I open an account and threw $200 in, I would only credit me $200 kind of right? Not sure how that works-I use turbox tax so don't know how this whole ira thing works?
I have one SD(7), I also have two sons from a previous relationship and we have a 5 month old baby together. We have been together almost 3 years and it seems bio mom is getting crazier the longer we are together. The shit really hit the fan when SD told her I was pregnant. We don't have the normal custody arrangement here. We all live in the same town, my ex thankfully lives two hours away. With his schedule he only takes the boys once a month. As far as exes go, he is pretty decent, same rules as I have for the boys, treats them well, feeds them properly.
The BF (boyfriend) is in the dog house today. I am just getting so sick of him letting the ex-wife (BM) push him around with no regards too OUR plans. It started yesterday but today was just the icing.
Well, I wrote about it on a forum post, but it sure did come to life this weekend!
Recap: On Fri, when DH called BM to confirm drop off time, BM's mom got on the phone with DH and asked why they don't see him, why he doesn't call them, why they haven't met our daughter or seen pictures of her, etc. He got a nice lecture on the fact that "they are still family", "for the sake of the kids", yadda, yadda, yadda.
I had some early AM meetings and am now leaving the office to go hang with the kid.
16:00 we drop him off at the recruiters, they take him to a hotel, wake up at 03:00 tomorrow, off to MEPS for his final start up stuff then off to San Antonio for BMT for 8.5 weeks then it is off to MO for tech school.