I'm really upset, stepson is so lazy! I asked him to clear the dining room table the other day and he did such a half ass job! He was afraid to touch the dirty dishes and scrape the food off the plate into the trash. Then he left half the stuff on the table and didn't even wipe the table down. Then I find food on the ground next to the rubbish! UGHHH! I made a comment to stepson and I said, "What are you afraid to get your hands dirty? Don't do you do any chores at home?" He didn't say a word. I told my husband, You need to teach him how to clean, he is SLOPPY!

one out the my three step sons is a pathalogical liar and I have no idea how to help or communicate with him. he sees a counslors which he also lies to. His Bio mother is bi-polar and does not see them often. I am at the point where it is very hard to get close to him and I get my feelings hurt on a daily basis. any advice?

This is my first post so hopefully I'm doing this right because I need some advice! I have been married to my husband for 11 years. We were both married before. I have a 13 year old son, he has a 21 year old son, and we have a 4 year daughter together. My husband's ex-wife never remarried. They were married for 16 years and have been divorced now for 18 years. They get along very well.

I sent this out earlier this morning, but because I'm new at this I'm not sure it was sent properly so here it goes.

I notice a lot of times women tell their husbands that the child is not welcome in their home…my girls are still very young so TRUST me, I’m not passing judgment and I PRAY that I’m not faced with the same feelings in the future…however, my question is this…is it sometimes about tolerance levels, i.e.

We have decided to have another baby. We already have a 1 year old son together. With him we told "her" a few months into the pregnancy. She did everything possible to make our life hell during that time. She drug us through court and fought with us constantly about trivial things. I really think that it was jelousy. I just don't know what to do. I almost want to wait till like 6 or 7 months into the pregnancy to even tell my stepson. Because I know that he will tell her and I really don't need the stress at such a fragile state.

Okay I hate to do it but I HAVE to go here….LOL…does anyone watch Desperate Housewives? I was just reminded (last night) of the season’s cliff hanger and the character Lanette is going to be in for one heck of a Season…just to catch you up, her husband just found out that he has an 11 year old daughter…the biomom is a COMPLETE NUT JOB!!! And used the “back child support” that she basically extorted from them to put a down payment on a house FIVE MINUTES away…so there is now a step family dynamic on Wysteria Lane!!! I can’t wait….

Last night, my BF, my BF’s daughter and I went to watch fireworks by boat. We took our boat and met up with several of our friends. When the fireworks display started, my BF was sitting on our sundeck, his daughter was sitting on the backseat and I was standing in between the front seats of the boat. My BF looked around, then looked at his daughter and said, “Why don’t you come and sit next to me?” She responded that she was fine where she was. I was SO HURT. Not that he asked her to sit next to him and not me, but that he didn’t ask both of us.

Well, you all know that bf had that conversation with SS. Biomom had been urging (my nice way of saying bitching endlessly until it gets done) bf to have this conversation for weeks. When the conversation didn't go the way she had planned (i.e.

I can't find where we discussed the possible causes or contributers to ADD.....but I just wanted to tell everyone about this book... It's called ..Healing ADD by Daniel G. Amen MD. It's one of hundreds of books on the subject.....and everyone claims to be an expert...with completley different theories & appoaches...so you have to keep that in mind when you read about ADD....but I did find this one interesting.