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SD's banquet

Caitlin's picture

Ok, here we go again. SD's swim banquet is coming up next month and we need to RSVP. It lands on our weekend and naturally, we all want to go and support SD in her accomplishments. Well, if I know BM, she will fight tooth and nail to keep me from going. I am conflicted as to what I should do. Part of me says, "I have every right to be there! BM can suck it up! I need to be there on principle." The other part of me says, "I am pregnant.

Sometimes I get so angry..

Kitty721's picture

at BM, that it is hard to just let it go.. I have definately improved my coping skills in this arena in the last few years.. However, I still have thoughts of scratching the sh$t out of her car, toliet papering her trees, sending her email address out to various spam sites, ect... All this because I step back and let DH deal with her directly. I do not communicate with her unless I have to. It is not easy seeing DH have to deal with her selfish behavior day in and day out.. And it is very frustrating to have no control of certain things that effect my family.

Do you know what I am sick of????

Persephone's picture

I am sick of ‘precious' that’s what DH and I call SD-15, telling the other 3 that she is sick of hearing all about their life. The other 3 talk about dance, gymnastics, friends, theatre group you name it… Darfur and other world events. She does not talk and is in therapy for this, yet every time the other kids that are comfortable with talking she tries to shut them down. She will Huff and Puff and say dooo weee really need to hear about this??? She is a downer in our family and I an am sick and tired of her trying to take us all down with her!!!

Money, Money, Money....

Kitty721's picture

Long story short - DH pays ~$700/month in CS. CS agreement states BM is to pay first $250 of medical bills for SD, the rest is split 50/50. BM claims that she can't afford to pay for SD new glasses, which BTW, she has know were needed for 5 months. She says she has too many bills. She assumed that DH would pay for 1/2... and asked if they could ignore the agreement this time... They are $160 total. DH did not have any $$ the day SD picked out her glasses, and he told BM just that.. She demanded to know if he was going to pay or not.. he said "I don't know".

OMG!

lilyofthevalley's picture

So like now I feel bad that I want them to move. My bf is making me feel that way. I really did like it better when I had my space and he had his space..His son will be getting out of jail soon and I would feel better if he had his own place for his son to visit him instead of mine. Am I wrong to want him to move out? I do love my bf but I like my space too. AAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhh let me out!

I think I figured it out?

Lynette's picture

Well my SD was at home when I got home from work on Fri nite. My boys, my HD and SD were getting Monopoly out. They hadn't started the game but never asked if i was interested in playing. Actually, my SD and HD were not very talkative. I just went off and did my own thing. I noticed the music was on and it way what SD would listen to and from what i heard she was having a good time. Well when I came in and sat down and started to help my kids and get involved she withdrew. She actually said I'm finished with the game?? Wow!

Something really great came out of some craziness

sweetthing's picture

Let me just start off by saying that my oldest step son just told me this morning as I was leaving for work that he loved me! Yeah!!! I always tell him & his brother that I love him, 6yr old will say he loves me back but 9 y/o never does. DH asked him once don't you love step mom & he said I do, but you know... so DH left it at that. Which is fine I don't want him to feel forced.

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