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OMG I wanted to rip her head off!!!!
It's Saturday night...DH and I go out to dinner with some friends and leave my BS23 taking care of SD9 and BS11.
Before we leave we get them dinner, make sure everyone is bathed and BS23 was going to take them to Blockbuster to pick up some movies.
DH and I return from dinner at around 11 or so. SD9 and BS11 are still up but they are each in their rooms. No problem DH and I are downstairs watching a movie and as long as the kids aren't bothering us we don't mind that they are up.
Ok ladies ... I gotta ask... and you guys can say what you think either way.
I know we feel put upon... by jobs, and kids, and husbands reacting to kids. But, are we really, when it gets right down to the nitty gritty... are we all that different and put upon than others?
I am four years into this mess. One would think I would wake up and "get it". It isn't going to get better! Ever. I keep thinking that she will be 18 in a little over a year. Only two more years of school, but who says it ends then? I do NOT think she is going to be a productive adult, and I do NOT think she is going to be able to hold a J-O-B! My husband surely isn't going to let her live on the streets. She doesn't think she has to listen to anyone now (and in reality, she DOESN'T!) so it will only get worse when she turns 18, 19, 20, 30... whatever! I can't do it.
At the end of May during one of our pickups of SD5, BM came out on the porch solo. She had a lengthy discussion with DH. Of course, as SM, I'm not allowed on the porch so I sat in the car wondering "what in the world is it this time?" As we got on our way with SD5, DH says "you're not going to believe this one!!" According to BM, while they were on vacation, SD5 began gyrating her hips a lot. When BM asked SD5 where she learned that, supposedly SD5 said "that's how Daddy and SM exercise." If what BM said were true, then I can completely understand her concern.
She's not really doing anything different... she's just being herself!! But .. I get to see DH tomorrow... tomorrow.. I love ya tomorrow... It's only a dayyyyyy aaaaa-wayyyyyy.... With 2 rooms.. thank you very much!!!
Last night was BM and SD's 3rd counseling session... And now...here's some of the highlights!!! Woo hoo....
FH just posted this on his wall on Facebook...
Never easy.....try to do the right things....best you know how....try not to hurt anyone's feelings....balancing isn't as easy as it seems......as long as your trying your best that is all you can do...Never easy.
Hi-this is the first time I have posted anything on a site...ever. I was married for 25 years when my marriage ended. I raised two sons who are now 28 and 24. About 7 months after my marriage ended I met a widower with a 9 year-old daughter. Her mom died when she was 4. I fell in love with both of them and 10 months later we all moved in together. That was about 15 months ago. So what's my problem? Hailey is 12 now. She's a very good kid and very loving toward me. I just feel overwhelmed at the responsibility. It's also different because she's a girl. I'm not used to that.
I feel really bad that I don’t seem to get along with my ss. We don't hate each other but have not warmed to each other since I met my partner 2 years ago. I think the main problem is how his bm is bringing him up. Although he is tall for his age (11) he is also about 2 stone overweight - his bm doesn’t encourage him to eat healthily or exercise (she and her partner are overweight too) and my partner struggles to undo all her bad work with only one day a week. He is a very quiet child and I am lucky he is not rude or obnoxious.
The counsellor met my DH and BM before she meets my SS later in the month... so anyways, sounds like it went good, but then DH comes home and says "Guess what, the counsellor told me that I didn't sound like I was good at co-parenting. That I always stuck up for my son, that we should be a united front so that he knows what his place is in the family yadda yadda... HELLO?!?! I've been saying that for 5 years!
Frick Men... I tell you
Ya know, my BF states that he does not like drama, yet when it comes to his lovely daughter, he is so wrapped up!
This morning is an example. My daughters, BD10 and BD8, and SD10 were getting ready for school. As they were walking out the door, I noticed that SD10 had one of my daughter's backpacks. Now, I know that SD10 does not have a backpack of her own, and I would not have said anything, but this was my BD10 backpack. Oh, and SD10 had been giving one of my BD8 back pack a few weeks ago!
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