I cannot stand to be around my 11 year old stepson. His very presence is annoying. He is sooo disrepectful, rude, ungrateful, and just a BRAT. His parents beleive in rewarding bad behavior so he has no discipline at all. He is 11 and he is aloud to do whatever he wants. He cusses, fights, demands that we take him places and he ALWAYS eats fast food. He will come into the room and TELL his dad he better get up and go to subway and get him a sandwich. I have NEVER in my life been around such a child. I HATE HIM! I feel horrible for this feeling but I can't help it.

While I am not new to being a stepmother to both young and adult children I am experiencing a whole different set of circumstances from my previous marriage with stepchildren. In my marriage to my late husband, I had no problems with my two stepdaughters and was close to both of them, as well as their biological mother.

I am to the end of my rope. I honestly don't know what else to do. I am soooo sick of my bratty stepdaughter getting by with EVERYTHING while my son is constantly in trouble. My stepbrat doesn't live with us, but we have her almost every wknd, and weeks at a time in the simmer. I try really hard to "stand" her, but I'm not a fake person, and it's really getting harder and harder to tolerate her. She's 6 and my son is 7.

I have been in my stepdaughter's life for 5 years. I have always treated her and loved her as my own. Although I will never be her mother nor want to replace her mother I call her my daughter. I feel as if calling her my "stepdaughter" is an insult to her and to my husband. I feel that I would be saying that I don't think that she is a part of my life and that just because I didn't give birth to her that she is not mine. I think that it is insulting to treat her as differently than our other 2 sons.

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I feel a bit nervous, LOL. Everyone I've shown it to says it's absolutely perfect. I took twice as long to make it as I usually do as I suspect BM will really inspect it, lol. SD just needs to try it on and I'll need to adjust the straps and that's it, she's taking it home with her tonight. (She's just coming for supper, I invited her to make sure the dress fits and because it's fathers day). I can't wait to see the reaction. BM won't like it but I didn't make it for her.

Hello. I'm a new user, and have struggled with the step-parent/ BM/ my partner issue for 2 years now.

I hope you guys have a great day!!!!! You deserve it!

Days like today I only wish I could be a little girl again and love on my father. He is a great man that I wish I could spend more time with. Even though he is still living, we just don't live close anymore. I saw the sacrifice he made for me and my siblings growing up but didn't realize how much he was sacrificing until I grew up and too have had to do the same.

As each of you spend today with your children and skids...cherish these moments. You never know when they grow up how far away you may be with them. Give them those memories my father and SF gave to me.

I'm still trying to make sense of things after my breakup. I'm wondering if anyone has felt what I am going to describe or has been with someone who has felt this way: the feeling that starting a new couple's unit/family unit is a betrayal to the biochild(ren) and the previous unit of ex-spouse/ex-spouse/child.

I included "children" in my description but I really am thinking "only child".