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I've noticed a few comments made about house rules..
What rules do you have in place in your home? What happens if they aren't followed? Did you come up with the rules or did DH? Does he actually enforce them?
Last night I was fretting about SS15 coming over here with H1N1 because I did not want any of us gettng sick this weekend. We have huge plans to go to a charity benefit for my aunt with stage four breast cancer, she lives in florida and will be back in the midwest this weekend and would like to see her while she is back in case it is a long time before seh can make it back.
I have a step daughter that is 11. I have been with her dad, my husband, for 10 years. We also have 2 other children together. we had joint custody with her mom till last year when her mom was put in jail. Her mom has always been a problem. Has a drinking problem and according to the police a substance abuse problem to. That is a long story. The problem i face today is i am not sure what to do. my stepdaughter wants to go and see her mom. yeah i know it is her mom. But she is in jail for murdering her baby she had last year. thank god that night sd was with us.
I have been a reader here for a long while now. my situation has calmed down as why I havent really needed to get on here and actually post. I usually would get on here to read and assure myself things could be worse in my step'n processes. I have been a step parent pretty much 7 years now and by golly its been hell.Oh the storys I could telly you, they would make your head spin!!
I have finally gotten to the point that I told DH that we were going to take one last stab at saving our relationship and attend marriage counseling. I have found a counselor that specailizes in divorced/remarried couples therapy. Has anyone been through this and found it to work? We have the typical "second marriage issues" on his side. I am also divorced but my ex is a very realisitc man who understands the situation and respects my new husband. I know this sounds a bit too good to be true but it is.
I just had the mailman come to my door with a restricted delivery letter. In a nice big envelope. I know exactly what it is, but I can't even sign for it. It is addressed to DH and BM!!! She doesn't even live here or even in our state, why can't they just address it to DH if it concerns him? A couple of months ago we had gotten a letter that BM wasn't making her house payments and they were about to foreclose on the house. DH got the letter, I'm guessing, because he used to be half owner. He signed the house and everything over to BM. I have the papers!
This happens all the time to me. Well, most of FH and BM's conversations happen when I'm not around, but when she calls and we're home - it drives me insane. I am the biggest thorn in her side and I can't seem to do anything right. I can't help it that because of her laziness as a mother, that I have to pick up her slack. Do I want to raise two little girls who aren't mine? No, not really, been there done that. But I chose my FH and everything that comes along with him. I am ALL in - period.
I was introduced to the concept of the golden uterus on here, and as I'm in the slightly surreal situation of knowing 5 people who are pregnant at the moment I think I've spotted a G.U. in the making! Just to be clear, of these women, all of them have a partner they live with & currently work, but none of the couples are particularly well off.
4 of these women are talking about cutting back on Xmas this year as they need to save money for the baby, 1 is talking about expecting a lavish gift from her husband as it's their first as a married couple.
We are constantly striving to ensure that the obnoxious stepchildren do not come between us and our spouses. Is that even possible? At worst, it is a constant source of strife. At best, it is the big elephant in the room. How can intimacy, respect, support and love exist in the face of this?
My situation is a bit weird and odd (well I think so anyway lol). I met my now DH before SD was born, three months before to be exact. The story is he dated her for a couple of months, she said she didnt want kids, she got pregnant and he broke up with her. I digested this info and figured okay so what I have two kids from my first husband, at my age most men would have kids.