I love my BF and I love my SS's.

Maybe I shouldn't be a step-mom because I care too much. And I feel like I'm being ripped apart constantly by BM's jealousy and insisting that she has all maternal rights and that her parents are more important to the boys than I am.

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If you read at all my one other blog post then you know that I am curious to see what happens with my SD13 and her corn detassling job. I just suggested to DH that he call SD13 and ask her if she was happy, excited, and ready for tomorrow. He looked at me and said "You do it, your the one that cares". WTF!? I don't do it because she doesn't give to squirts about hearing from me...a call from him however would probably make her night. I waited about an hour and threw him the phone and said "Try to call SD4". Without even blinking he picked up the phone and dialed the number.

I just had 2 weeks off from work. Stayed home, enjoying the family time. Skids are here for the month, DH and I have enjoyed some solo time right before they arrived so we have our blended family of 6 all happy and healthy and having fun. I went back to work today and it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to go back. DH is still unemployed after being laid off and it kills me to go to work and leave him and all the kids here. I was a work from home mom for YEARS so it's very difficult for me sometimes to adjust to working outside the home and having to leave my kids.

My ds is 16 oldest ss is 14. Ds just got is permit to drive about 3 weeks ago. I just found out that ss14 got his permit! WHY?? b/c ds got his. I don;t understand why ss14 needs his permit so soon, I mean here kids are not allowed to get their DL till they are 16 unless for a hard ship, his situation is NOT a hard ship I mean his mam doesn't even work. So of course bm took him on purpose to get ss14 his permit JUST b/c ds has his, she can't stand that my kids are older and get to do things before her kids! :sick:

When BF daughter is in the living room...she is watching some Disney or Nickelodeon show. I watch them sometimes and I don't know if it is just me but aren't many of these shows encouraging disrespect, bad behavior, and rudeness? I swear every show she watches has some kid being a brat and it all turning out to be cute...Please...am I just being old?? Or do other people agree with me?

Hi I am not too new here, I have responded to many posts but I have not posted anything of my own. I feel really sad that I think the only way I will be able to be happily married to future DH is if I disengage with his daughter7 After reading the first few chapters of Stepmonster and a few other books I think that this is the only formula that makes any sense for my situation. Future SD7 has a mother who is already using PA against future DH.

Ok a couple of years after we were married bm got a BF but what she didn't know was that BF and dh are friends. Ok dh's friend thought he might be able to date her and see how things would go, that there is always 2 sides to a story right? WELL, she started in with her crap about how bad dh is and that he doesn't help or pay CS or takes his kids or has anything to do with the boys. Pretty much saying that dh is a dead beat when he really isn't.

My wife and I just got to Houston after a week vacation/road trip and are continuing our house hunting.

The SpermClan is in full swing of manipulating SS-17 in to staying in SpermLand rather than joining his mom and I our new home. They do not want to have to continue to pay CS while SS is in college and think that getting him to stay in SpermLand will get them off of the hook for CS.

The text conversation from last night.

Ah yes, the gems I get to hear from SD14... Apparently, BM has flipped out on SD14 when she called me her stepmom. According to BM, I'm NOTHING to SD14, certainly NOT a mother-figure, I'm just her father's wife. Sounds familiar doesn't it?