Just a quick post...there was a thread here somewhere (I'm rushed and will look later) about Texas teaching kids to fight back against gunmen in their schools....

Well tht happened in my community on Tuesday.
A 15 yr old was rumoured to be carrying a sawed-of shotgun in his back pack at school. Two 18 years olds jumped him..wrestled the back pack from him and turned it and him over the the RCMP.

....The sentiment with kis around here seems to be I'm not going down without a fight...

I am 40 years old and have been married to my current husband for three years. I have two bio children ages 18 and 16. I have three SC ages 20, 19 and 18. We all live together and have had our ups and downs. SC have been sabotaging our relationship from the beginning and my husband lets his children rule his life even though they are no longer children. Recently he told me he wants a divorce because he feels it will be better for everyone.

I'm not sure where to begin with my story because its long and involved so I'll skip to the main reason why I'm writing. I mostly need a place to vent because I feel or I should say I felt like I was the only one going through the feelings I've been going through until I found this site. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE! My biggest issue is with the BM who is just the most unbelieveable biatch in the world! I know alot of people say that but man o' man I've never experienced anyone like her in my life. She is the most controlling, crazy woman I know.

Some of the messages or little drops of hints...

Hey, what is the behavior like when they go through puberty? Not sure if it's puberty....biomom says that she thinks SS is acting grumpy to people is due to maybe puberty? If anyone has any input pls share.

You know what really pisses me off. My mother in law. No matter what I do for stepson, its not good enough! I am sorry that I don't have the same bond with stepson as I do with my bio son but why is it her job to constantly compare the two!!! I could compare too!! In my opinion SHE favors stepson, and that is fine with me. So why does she feel so high and mighty to judge me. Examples I could let her have a peice of my mind. My sons baptism, she got "timmy" a whole bunch of presents. For my sons birthday, "timmy" got a few presents too.

This is how frustrating x's are...

AS you know daughter is grounded...but she wants to go out for halloween.

(By the way nothing happened to her at Dad's over the weekend..she was on msn..she made a web page professing her love for the BF she's not allowed to have..all on Dad's computer over the weekend.....)

Has anybody encountered any problems concerning pictures of the ex still in divorced dad's possession? I went over to his house this past weekend and saw some photo's and asked if I could look at them. He said his sister gave them to him recently....Mind you, he's been divorced for almost 10 years. The pictures were of him and the ex together in different social situations and one bothersome picture of the two of them embraced in a kiss. Do I have a right to be bothered by the pictures or am I over reacting? He still has his wedding ring also.

I'm so frustrated with commentary from people who have no children let alone never dealt with a stepfamily. I think my mom is a nut, but at least she talks about my stepdaughter like she were anyone's daughter and not a disease. SD's going to grow up too quickly and hate me just because she's mad at the world, according to my mom, when she says anything at all about me being a mom.

Biomom is so ridiculous. Every few months we'll get an email saying something like "Congratulations, I hear you two are expecting!" or "When's the baby due?" from her. According to her I've supposedly been pregnant about 5 or 6 times in the past few years. I really find this type of behavior pathetic. The really, really sad thing is that she believes it, too. She makes these crazy things up in her head and believes them to be true until we prove that she's wrong.