Well, turns out it doesn't matter when Sybil calls...called this afternoon while they were out playing. Alls well, DH tells them to come inside (after 2 hours outside mind you) and SD melts down. "Noooooo I hate you I hate SS I hate (MJ) I hate everyone waaaaah!" The last time they were out playing she was told it's time to come in, she whined a little then was fine. Total bratty temper tantrum this time. Screaming, backtalking her dad, the works. Even threw in "I wanna go hooooome!

SO wants to know wo I'm chatting with all night on the computer for the last week. I said the LADIES WHOSE HUSBANDS HAVE CRAZY EXWIVES LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This has been going on for a few months now. It started off slowly, maybe once a month and now it's every week. BM sends texts to FH saying "That's it, I'm DONE! SS has to come live with you". This last weekend we had SS here and FH told him that they were going to pack his stuff up and move him in with us on Sunday and he would be living with us full time (because BM insisted she can't handle SS anymore). Of course, Sunday rolls around and BM is texting and calling like crazy "You're not taking my baby from me" "NO WAY is Happyhippos playing MOM to MY SON!" etc...

Well I have been on and off this for months now and I have to say, it really makes me appreciate and feel pretty lucky with my situation. Everyones story is different but we all have one thing in common...being a step parent. A little about my life, I am not a step parent yet however will be in the near future. I have an incredible boyfriend who has a wonderful four year old son. He and I were only friends when his son was born and long story short he and bm were no longer together at that point. I have been in his sons life since he was an infant and seriously for the past two years.

Yeah, so I'll probably get flames for this but oh well. Tomorrow we leave for our mini family vacation (without ss)! Since the baby was young this summer we didn't take a trip because we didn't think she'd do well on a long drive. By the end of the summer (after all the tension of a ss filled summer) I was regretting not takin a vacation. Even dh wanted to go on a getaway as his only time off was doting to ss and even taking ss and ds on a one day trip to a town 300 miles away!

STalkers,

I leave in the AM for a late notice 3wk business trip to China. I am not sure how busy I will be or what kind of connectivity I will have.

If I am not around much ..... I'll be back!

Best regards,

Okay so the custody battle is no longer a battle for DH. He hasn't won but BM made it clear that she can't afford, nor does she want to, fight over something that really wasn't going to change much.

However, DH hasn't forgotten nor forgiven because he is still asking for child support. I don't know how I feel about it ... we can afford to take care of them on our own and she really doesn't have the money to pay CS but he gets like this - vindictive. So I think this is a battle I shall choose carefully if I choose it at all.

Hello everyone! I am new to this message board. I just wondered if there was anyone else out there who married someone w a child from a previous marriage only to find out 2mo before getting married that the child isn't even your spouses (biologically). Not only is the child not my husbands, but she has put me through more heartache than I ever imagined for myself.

Ok, i have managed to avoid BM for 2 years! after alot of hiding haha, but now is finally the time where i have to meet this awful lady face to face and communicate with her.. so far we have kept out of eachothers way and FDH does the pick ups and drop off and all communication with her, and that is the way that it will remain.

i have not been invited to any family events ie birthday dinners, even though her new boyfriends get to attend, and in the last few weeks she has said some nasty stuff about me in emails (which is laughable its so untrue)

lead me to a job!!! Yay!!! I'm so so so really really really happy!!! it's only PT, but it's what I wantedfor now. The important part it's with an awesome earth friendly company! There are tins of potential career opportunities and when I'm ready to grow up (I use to own my own business worked all the time about 22 hours a day for 3 years!) -- so when I'm ready for FT again (growing up) I'm in the right place.

Yay for me!!!

I start Monday no cell phones allowed (spa zen), so I will miss you ladies and gents!!