For some reason the bookmarks on my computer disappeared....So I kept going to this site and trying to log-in only to find that my username was not recognized....What? I tried like eight times...Figured out how to get my bookmarks back and it turns out this is "StepTalk" not "StepTogether" the place I was trying to log in to. Yeah, I'm an idiot. Glad to have your support!!!!!

Has anyone purchased one of these things? It looks really cool. Down side…by the time you purchase it and all the “free” stuff it is like 180.00. Is it worth it?

I believe hell froze over and pigs were flying around the city since last night.......

DH and I were having dinner last night. I asked if he is making any plans with his kid on her final week of summer visits. DH then starts crabbing about why should we make plans? All she's gonna do is sit in her room all day, doing her hair and watching TV. She'll come out for dinner and then head back in....crab....crab.....crab......crab.....

Sometimes we make the mistake of letting BM drop off SD in publc places, or at bday parties our other children are attending.

This last time BM dropped off SD at a place all of our friends and thier children were also. BM dropped off SD in BROKEN flip flops the top of the flip flop was not connected to the shoe. Her shorts where two-three sizes to small, her shirt didnt match and was dirty and smelled like cat urine. Her hair had not been brushed in who know how long. Her general apperance was very dirty and lazy.

Good grief! How do I get SS to go see his BM??!! Up until 7 month ago they were BFF’s!!

We just bought an RV this weekend. I knew we would not be able to use it a lot for the first year, due to SS rarely ever goes to see his BM and SS can not stay by himself. Period.

FH and I have roughly figured out how much we'd be willing to put into the wedding day and while I wouldn't consider it a 'big' ceremony (likely less than 100 people) I guess it technically isn't a 'small' wedding, either.

I have a question I have been dreaming recently about dobbing in bm as she gets single mother pension, cs, lives with her new partner and works full-time. Breaking I dont know how many laws. Than she has the gaul to use her kids to manipulate my so. Restrict visitation and prefer to put vthe youngest n daycare because she only pays $9 for the day than have him spend time with his dad.

I posted this on someone else's blog-I'm not sure that was entirely appropiate-because really these are my own thoughts, so perhaps it belonged on my own first blog entry...so here it's copied and edited a bit to make it more generalized questions.

"I wonder what compelled anyone here to marry their SO that had kids.?
And how can we prevent more women from making the same mistake others did? I say this because it's obvious that everyone suffers. It's not fair to you, or the dad or the bm or the skids.

So my SD -11, texts her dad (we got her a phone for her birthday so we could keep in touch with her - bm would never answer the phone or give her messages) Anyway SD texts her dad this morning "SOS, please please help!" So of course he calls her right away and asks what's wrong.

So I was talking to a co-worker yesterday about her 18yo D who just graduated HS in June and is now going to straight to college in this week. Her D got such good grades in high school that she has a full-ride scholarship to a expensive, PRIVATE university. What's MORE, her D has WORKED part-time in a daycare for the past 2 years (since 16yo) and even though D will be staying at home while attending college to save on those costs, D is looking for a JOB to subsidize her own "fun" while attending school. I should note that D is the product of an intact, nuclear family.