Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
Did they already set the
Did they already set the payment amount?
No payment set yet. But we
No payment set yet. But we have been paying stepson's college and sending him an extra $120 a month over and beyond the child support still being paid in full to ex wife for the daughter who turned 18 last October. His son will be a senior next year and has decided he wants additional education over the 4 yrs of college as well. Do we have to pay that to? He is 21 now. Yes in Iowa we are. I'm tired of being a bitch about all the money that goes out but we have water coming up through the floorboards of our home we can't fix from all these rains because we have to pay half of the mom's graduation party in which she invited 250 people to attend.
I am emotionally empty from all of this. And yes I carry a full time job and earn good wages for a high school graduate with less than 1 yr of college but about 60k less than the BM.
Yeah I would have thought CS
Yeah I would have thought CS would have covered ALOT of things that we have had to shell out at the mother's whim. But my husband is intimidated by the BM who plays on his guilt and her righteous self entitlment. And child support was to have gone down but in Iowa they can have CS reviewed every 2 years and she said she could get over 1200 out of us. That scared the hell out of husband who meekly goes along with whatever she demands. I told him last night he needs to stop allowing her to railroad him. She has no claims over him any more and he needs to start focusing on his home and his retirement not shelling out money whenever she demands.
They won't review it again if
They won't review it again if you're within 2 yrs of the last review, or less than one year from the last scheduled payment.
Let them review it. heck, you should request the review.
What insanity this is.
What insanity this is. Ordering a parent to pay an adults education. Especially now when we're finding out that most college students can't get a job in their field of study. Some of course studied "Ancient Roman Outhouses" and actually get a degree in it but even business majors are digging ditches if they're lucky.
My uncle worked the farm every other year and went to medical school every other year. I went into the service and got the G.I. Bill.
Yep! And son has changed his
Yep! And son has changed his majir twice now at our expense!