Does everyone believe that half-siblings should be on the same "level" (for lack of a better word) as full siblings? I'm not comfortable using "brother or sister" for my bs when talking about his half-sister. I would never discourage a relationship between them. I don't correct her or other people when they say "brother or sister", but I don't really like it. I always say half- when discussing it. I don't want people thinking that her BM could be my BS mother! I'm pregnant with our second and I just feel like that is his brother or sister (find out soon!) not SD.

I would love your opinions on these workout programs!

We started doing P90X last summer and really liked it (plus, we saw some awesome results) but we stopped after we found out I was pregnant. We decided to just take it easy.

We're thinking we'll start P90X again but we need to start somewhere else before that intense of a program. Is Jillian Michael's 30-Day Shred a good one?

Does anyone here have to give other bio-parent insurance cards with YOUR information on them?

I'm covered by DH's plan, and he's mandated to cover the kids and provide BM with the cards.
So my information in on the cards along with stepkids and our kid.

Has anyone ever had a BM abuse this information by claiming to be wife still? Just wondering... I've found that many times, the providers only ask for DH's information to verify, which she knows, so I'm a little worried.

i had court yesterday and the oposing party did not show up!!! totally unexpected!!! From my understanding his lil wify got his certified mail and i'm GUESSING she didn't give it to him cause it's not like him to just not appear....HA! o well, not my problem..i'm so excited, i should be getting my very first ever child support payment by march at the latest. and my daughter is 8....took long enough.

Not sure what happened but my SD is becoming a little witch....

:O I am being pushed to my absolute limits right now. I need to take a page from so many others and disengage. My hubby wrote his BM an email with a list of subjects that they needed to discuss about the kids. She responded with three separate emails. Freakin shoot me. It was just about things that needed to be discussed. No blaming, no accusations, NOTHING. It was about discussing their son's upcoming trip to Prague. It was about their daughter's upcoming Bat Mitzvah. It was about the discussing pediatricians and a possible change.

Hi all, i am just wondering, when you guys go on vacation with your skids, how do you handle accomodation?

My bf wants to book double room, which means one bed for us, and one helpbed for ss9, in the same room, in the same space. Basically means no sexual activities during the entire vacation.

I am not thrilled. I wanted room with at least somewhat separate sleeping arrangements. He claims the kid would be too scared to sleep in the separate room in the place that he is not used to.

I am beyond shitty at this moment.

i have been reading alot of post i mean it is 147 am and i am on here. i am vowing myself that when the skids are here i will not slave over the stove i will not run behind them to clean up. i will go for a walk or something constructive and truly let bd see what darlings he really has. whhhhoooopppphhh it will be a long walk i hope i have that much energy. i will not stay and listen to the crying and the complaining. i will not go along for the ride to pick them up.

bd walks in from work and pretty much pays us no mind. he left at 7 am and got back at 7 pm. it is 10 pm now and he is sleeping. he ate supper and we had no convo at all, he paid no attention to our daughter. this is starting to become a habit and quite frankly its bs. i have work long hours and did not come home like that.

Brief history, as I'm new to this site - my husband's ex-wife has has 5 children with 3 different husbands. I have 2 stepdaughters that are 17 and 15. They both moved in with us about 3 years ago because their mom was having issues. The 15 year old made the decision to move back with their mom after a year and the 17 year old decided to stay with us. Story could go on forever, but I'll skip to the latest drama....