Well we heard from BM's lawyer and BM wants to give up ALL parental rights of the SS's.....With the stipulation that I will adopt them. Yeah, weird huh? This comming from a woman who would see her own kids in hell before she let me have anything to do with them. hey have lived with us for the past 2 years exclusively and have seen BM for almost 1 year so...We talked to the SS's b/c we have to make a decision in 2 days time. They are so excited. DH and I think that a)she wants me to adopt them so that she does not have to pay child support b/c in our state at least.

Since ex-wife and I had our working out conversations and agreement, everything is going great. I feel that since I can communicate with her one on one about ss.... things are coming out better. We are all nicer to each other and respect our expectations. This new relationship will definately make ss very happy...to finally see both sides of his family happy and getting along. I hope this luck can rub off on some of us on this site.

My situation isn't dire but I love reading everyone's posts and thought I would introduce myself and give a little info. I'm 25, married for the first time to a great man. We have been together for 5 years and married for three. He has a daughter-11 from a high school girlfriend and we are expecting our first child in July. I get along pretty well with SD and it actually seems lately that she talks to me more than she does her dad but I think that is just the age. She wants to tell me about who she likes and who she doesn't like and that stuff.

A few months ago, I was ready to give up. I was ready to walk out. SS was out of control. SS is still out of control, but at least now DH and I can talk about it. Before, DH was defensive. He didn't appreciate me talking badly about SS. In fact, he got downright pissed that I say a bad word about the little sh**. DH didn't want to admit how bad things have gotten.