I told my husband either SS goes to military school or I leave with my children. He is exposing them to sex, drugs and alcohol and I do not want to lose my children. What I was not expecting was my husband to break down crying. I was taken aback. He says he cannot abandon his son like BM did. I was feeling for him but I had my own children to think about. So I kept firm although it was difficult for me.

I hate to say it, but even if I don't, it's in my heart. It's only because of my fear of karma that I don't literally pray to God a stroke takes her from here. I won't be sad if it ends up killing her.

My MIL had a stroke about 8 years ago. They kept her for 6 days. My mom has had several "mini" strokes. Even with those they admitted her & kept her for a few, to determine what functions had been affected.

So my DH tells me today that for Christmas my ss12's BM wants him to fly to Illinois... I love Christmas and it is my favorite time of year! Last year was the first year my ss11 at the time was living with us and he had no idea about the holiday and what it was for!

SD15 left for BM's house today. It was an... *interesting* month.

We technically had her for four weeks, but I offered her 12 days at a residential writing camp - she loved it. Then we all ended up stuck in a hotel room (well, small suite) for another week while waiting for the contractor to finish the tornado repair work.

I am new to all of this but so Happy I found it. I have a 5 year old SD that Most of the time I cant stand. She is a only child that gets away with everything. She makes me so mad. I have been married for a little over 2 years now and just this past year things have been really bad. She get's me to the point that I feel like I just want to punch her in the face, }:) and kick her down the stairs.. }:) ..I mean I would NEVER do that I do love her but my god!!! I feel bad for feeling like that, I went to church today and i prayed and prayed that these feelings will go away.

Have any of you ever dealt with a BM that was so immature, selfish and caught up in her own drama that she was overlooking the best interests of her children?

FSD9 recently stayed a weekend with FDH and me. Over the course of the weekend she made several comments ...

1. Ugh, I have to suck in my stomach all the time.
2. Ew, I'm so fat.
3. I have been trying to eat less chicken nuggets so I can lose weight.

Well I'm back after spending a week in California with family. I was suppose to travel alone so DH and SS10 could think about what they really want in this marriage/blended family BUT SS ended up going with me. It was pretty good and things went exceptionally well until the last 2 days of our trip. My BC were delivered back to me Thursday night from their 6 week vacation with their BD and SS instantly became a changed child. I had a talk with SS and reminded him of how wonderful things had been for US and I wanted the rest of the trip to be just the same.

Today is the second day with SS4 and already I'm going crazy. Well DH and I always fight a lot when he is with us. Mainly because of discipline the kids. SS4 thinks he rules the house and never gets into trouble that's how it is at BM's house so he expects that here.No sir not here I have rules my BS's tend to be mean to him its just how they are I do get after them for that mainly my oldest. Well last night was the first time SS4 cried very pissed off all because he didn't get to play a game on the computer.

Anybody kids hear voices Or only my SD? After I post my last blog I was talking to SD about why she does the things she does acting calm as ever letting her know she is loved in our home and this is her home just as much as it is BD and mine. I would say the conversation was going pretty well she came up to me and hugged me and said she loved me. I was hoping to have her open up to me and I could figure something out about how we could control this situation with her not listening and behaving poorly every time I'm not sitting next to her.

I have been married for only a year but dated my husband for 3 years before the big day. He has two children currently ss7 and sd9. Together we have a 3 year old son. The children's mother is EXTREMELY difficult to deal with and believes yelling resolves everything. To top it off, my stepson was diagnosed with a mild form of autism/Aspberger's this last year w/ ADHD. He seems to be the opposite of what most autistic children are. He's overly touchy, kisses EVERYONE, is very loud and embarrassing (as bad as this sounds).