Dear Valued Users,
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A beauty bar with mud in it.
A beauty bar with mud in it. Implying that I'm a dirty B*tch
I agree with sending a
I agree with sending a brochure about genital herpes. Lol priceless!
No olive branch..I got her
No olive branch..I got her founded on DCFS charges this year and documented so well she signed a court order giving up custody a few weeks ago.
Agreed
Agreed
Absolutelly - pretent the
Absolutelly - pretent the intended message went right over your head. Hand written card telling her you're delighted with the gift and hope so glad the two of you can be friends now.
She won't believe a word of it but she can't call you a liar either. What a opportunity.
^^ THIS. love it.
As far as soap goes, it's
As far as soap goes, it's pretty pricey AND works well. I think you may be reading too much into it...
My Ex is a complete asshole.
My Ex is a complete asshole. However, last year he had a baby with his teenaged girlfriend. I think it is important that my daughter know her half sister. So every Christmas I get my daughters half sister a present. My ex shows no appreciation, same with the mother. I get him a gift to ALL from my daughter.
But I believe with your situation, the BM aknowledging you,definitely shows a level of maturity and maybe perhaps she has seen the light and has witnessed that you do take good care of her kids. Its a start hopefully in the right direction. Think of it as a token of appreciation and nothing more.
See, this topic just has me
See, this topic just has me thinking - what gift would I get for BM (not seriously):
-A Parenting and Discipline for Dummies book (The boys aren't your buddies, they're your children.)
-A Book on Manners (since my SSs clearly aren't learning them anywhere, but here)
-Something that shows what minimum wage is (chores at BM's house are paid TOO WELL - $10 just to take out the trash? I'll go do it!).
Oh, I'm going to be thinking things up for days now...
Doesn't matter what you give
Doesn't matter what you give her but it must be in a "HO HO HO" bag.
That's funny.
That's funny.
oh my, I just thought of the
oh my, I just thought of the perfect gift for my stepkids' BM.
A box of condoms in a "HO HO HO" bag.