We received from the attorney his response to BM's attempt at increasing child support while SO is on unemployment. Previously SO made 80k per year, BM made 50k per year. SO was required to pay her $1250.00 a month for child support despite having the children 50% of the time. The attorney filed it as an emergency change in financial support, the hearing on it is next Wednesday 05/04/11 with a magistrate.

And at this point, I could care less... I am so done with her. Done with her laziness, her lying, her rudeness, her stupidity, and so yeah, I'm done... about to step out - I will grab my son and won't even say a word to her as I walk out the door...

Hi Fellow Steptalkers, haven't been on in awhile, but sad to say the inevitable has happened today. There was a death in my DH's family. My SIL passed away this morning. I feel bad cause all I can think about is I am going to have to deal with BM for aleast a few days. I've been with DH for 8 years and have only been in the same room with BM twice....and both times was a public place...a nightclub. I can't stand this women, she has brought me nothing but trouble. AND STILL DOES TO THIS DAY! She hates me! I know now isn't the time to be thinking about myself.

Been buniss with planning. My birth mother is in the last stages of colon cancer. Her liver is 95%covered. Been thinking of what I would want. I would want to be taken a round the world in taste. I love FOOD the texture the flavor the spice. I am flying to meet my 1/2 sister and mother and think I will deal with the food and other side. That is what I know best. Here all about the sinsaysion and the other side? About what we planned there. Are you ok with where you are. It is nothing but "are" YOU ok with what you did. I am crying to much to go for now type later.

divorce was final on monday, thank God he didnt have to be there. He's been sending me weird text messages and posting weird facebook statuses lately about some type of revenge, but he never specifically said for who or what he was going to do. I tried hard to pretend like he wouldnt do anything to me.

Today was the first appointment. I went by myself since I needed to fill all of the paperwork, etc. and I wanted to be able to talk to the counselor at least one time by myself. It went really well, I felt very comfortable with her and I let it all out about everything that has happened and is currently happening. The hour flew by!!

It's 330 now. I have until 6 to wait. Joy. ugh

I was a fat kid (no, seriously -- 11-years-old and 155 lbs. is FAT), FDH was a fat kid (think he broke 200 lbs. before 16), and nearly everybody in his family is STILL fat (only one of them still counts as "kid," that being FSIL 16). FDH is determined his DD3 will not go that route, will not have spend agonizing, sweaty summers with no friends living in fear of bathing suits. I share his determination, but for me, it's not about not getting fat -- its about not growing up to hate and fear her body based on its size and proportion.

I started thinking a few weeks back about my upcoming marriage, the FSS5, the upcoming baby and decided I might want to find a group of people who've been there, done that. So here I am, and I'm not sure exactly where to start.
I've been lurking here a little while, and have become familiar with some of your stories (though, assigning names to stories may take a while since many of them are very similar).
I don't have the same issues as many of you.

My SD6 is not actually FDH's daughter. He raised her with BM through the first years of her life, and after he and BM broke up, he continued to take her the same days he has his son (50/50). About a year ago, SD's bio dad came back into the picture. He used to see her just one day a month, now he takes her EOW and has voiced that he wants her during the week on our days, but BM won't agree to that. So that's the jist of the backstory...