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I am a motherless child... mothering motherless children..

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Submitted by Tigerlily7 on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:35am

venting.. My mother is very much alive...but very absent in my life, my brother that is still living and all our children's. She only shows face when she wants a special "kodak" moment to show all her friends on social media world.  But lately its been very painful... i've completely cut ties to her as she has me.

You longtime members here with me know my situation... I had one child naturally.. adopted a sd and am raising 2 more sd's. 

Employers Of The Year

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Submitted by Lillywy00 on Tue, 04/02/2024 - 1:07pm

....not! 
 

Well my managers manager calls me and I decided to answer. 

*I shouldn't have answered ugh bc she completely caught me off guard
 

Mind you I'm in the middle of filing unemployment....

Asking me if I'm okay and no explanation as to why my calendar was blank when I first asked weeks ago. 
 

Then asking if I wanted to come back to work for them....tomorrow.  

IDK if I have legal leverage with the FMLA issue or if they're just so hard up for employees after they let a bunch of people go. 
 

April Update & YSD

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Submitted by Cover1W on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 6:46pm

YSD18 hasn't been here but for once in early February this year.

DH is increasingly upset about it. I keep telling him to continue to ask her, leave her messages, etc. but don't stop. It's not like her really but I have to wonder, child support ended for him at the end of February....She is also really terrible at communications and human engagement which I also remind him of so it may actually not be a personal thing.

STILL I tell him, it's rude.

I encourage him to go to her. Seek her out. Set a date.

BM just won’t STOP.

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Submitted by MissK03 on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 1:11pm

For a little refresher... SO and BM have been separated 13 years...they did get back together briefly (aka BM had no man at the time and SO was stupid)  but it lasted maybe 2 months and that was 11 years ago. I've been with SO 8.5 years and BM is married and has been with her husband longer then I've been with SO. She lives 4 miles from us. There is SS20, SS19 and SDstb17 (3 weeks) 

Happy Easter, Passover, Ramadan.

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Submitted by Rags on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 12:45pm

Mom, dad, and DW picked me up at the airport at 20:00 on Friday evening.  We had a great quick weekend at mom and dad's.  Saturday we had breakfast with mom, dad, niece, and her DH then went to my brother's house for a morning visit on Saturday. We ended up having lunch at my brothers "club". 

Have I mentioned that my baby bro is a business executive savant?  He has done exceptionally well.  No envy on my part.  Just pure pride in the man, DH, dad, son, brother, and leader that he is.  Please give me a lump in my throat proud big brother reset moment. Ha... hmmmm.

2 months of no SD

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Submitted by TrueNorth77 on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 12:13pm

In the last installment of SD14 is PAS'd out, she had made some vague statements to her counselor about wanting to move to Alaska while Crazy was on vacation, so DH had to go pick her up and take her for a night. That was a few weeks ago and she hasn't been here since, but of course there have still been boatloads of drama. 

I did a bad thing. I went through the kid’s phone.

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Submitted by anaxnicole on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 11:46am

I’m at a complete and total loss, and truly just seeking advice, because I have no idea what to do. Some background information is that we have SS14, SD12, and SS5 every other week. SS14 has always had a temper and fighting troubles. BM has always bailed him out of everything. BM isn’t the best figure and neither is any of her family. In the six years that I’ve been with my husband, she’s probably had five separate occasions of unemployment, and from memory, eight different jobs (I know there are more, but I just don’t remember all of them).

DH makes a funny

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Submitted by Merry on Sun, 03/31/2024 - 9:00pm

My pocket manager (my phone) has stopped talking to me. I set an alarm reminder for something today and I did not receive the expected confirmation from Siri.

I commented to DH that Siri must be tired or upset with me. DH says, "Or she's gotten instructions from SD."

Laughter all around.

SS called yesterday, finally. I didn't stick around to hear the whole convo, but what I did hear was all about SS, his latest car repair, and the great job he's sure he's on the verge of getting. I could write the script.

 

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