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How is that there are members who only comment albeit extremely harsh, on other people's posts but don't blog their own events? Are these the BMs to watch out for?
S-Talkers,
Check this out.
This is a very cool letter from a BioMom to a StepMom that I just found on StepFamily Letter Project.
Enjoy,
Best regards,
Rags
Dear stepmom
•August 10, 2010 • 1 Comment
I just dropped my son off with you so he can live his dad and I’m not overlooking the fact that you will be taking care of him as well.
I just got the news from my mother an hour ago and I'm trying to keep it together.
My father has not yet been fully tested but the doctor gave him a preliminary diagnosis of the onset of Parkinson's today. He had a small seizure over the weekend and my mother was able to get him into an appointment today. This is the second seizure he's had in about 10 months. They are going to run tests but the doctor noticed the tremor in my father's hand. He wants to wait for the results before giving them any further information or a prognosis.
Here's the scoop. I'm divorced with an 11 year old son whose father doesn't want to have anything to do with him AND his father lost all parental rights anyway. I'm dating my best friend, whom I've known for 13 years, we've been dating for 2.5 years. He has a daugter who is 8 1/2. I've known her mom as well for 13 years and we have NEVER liked each other. A couple of months after we started dating, my boyfriend moved in with me. A couple months later, October to be exact, his daughter was abandoned on our front porch, by her mother.
I saw a trailer for a soon to be released movie I'd really like to see called "Cyrus." It seems like it deals with the nightmares of dealing with an adult stepchild. The two "parents" are played by John C. Reilly and Marissa Tomei and the stepkid is that chubby guy from Superbad. From what I gathered from the trailer it seems to be done in a comical, yet real and touching way. Sort of like "The Squid and the Whale" which if you haven't seen that - it's an awesome look at a marriage with children that breaks up and how they all deal with it.
Do any of you have this problem?:
Grandparents treating grandchildren very differently... a) Doting over new baby (yours and DH/DW) and b)slighting the children of DH and BM (i.e. your stepkids)
We actually live with DH's parents right now. So the stepkids come every weekend and were here for a few days extra this summer. Their preference is blatant. Grandparents exude LOVE for baby, and the stepkids are tolerated. Grandma tries to pretend there's love, but the difference in love for stepkids and love for baby is so prominent. Grandpa barely even tries to pretend.
So here goes......I'm new here and not sure how this all works. I'm living with a man who has two children girl 13 and boy 9. I have two children girl 21 and boy 19. Non of whom get along. We've tried combined vacations to no avail. Most of our problems stem from his 13 year old gaughter who never seems to be happy, no matter what anyone does for her. It seems she continuously tries to cause arguments in our home.
I simply wonder if we were all to sit down... lay down the blame and the anger, what would you be left with?
Would love fill your heart?
Would it be peace?
I did that. I handed over the stress of the ex and gently and firmly layed the burdens in the lap of my husband. I let go of all that she is and was.
I waited on my contentment and happiness to overflow my senses. I sat in anticipation as the sound of her voice faded away.
Her silence has brought me comfort... as I'm sure mine has brought her comfort as well.
I am so tired of having to make SS the focus of everything. Actually, of SS making himself the focus of everything. I may throw up, if I hear “look at this” one more time from the boy. PS…I don’t hate SS. He is troubled and a bit odd, but better than I though he would be at 17.
}:My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year.(We have dated in the past). He was married for 5 years. He has two children ages 5 and 7. I have a daughter who is 14. She controls him more than I ever thought was possible. She uses the kids as pawns, and because of the fear of her keeping them away from him, he does what she says. His son was eligible to go to kindergarten last year, she didn't feel he was ready and held him back. He gave her 70 cash weekly(without going threw the courts) to shut her up. It was for his day care payment.