When I got home from work on Friday I talked to DH about the headlice thing and told him some of my thoughts on it. I included some of the advice that I got from you guys (THANK YOU)! Any way, he ended up calling BM and telling her that she needed to go to the pharmacy and pick up some lice shampoo and bring it over to our house. After some argument she did it. When she got there we invited her in the house to "educate" her on what headlice looks like, etc. since she claimed that she looked "a dozen times and didnt see a thing".

I get home last night and DH tells me that he told SS10 what was going on (that we are separating). I asked how SS reacted. He said that SS10 cried and sucked in his tears real quick. DH told him it was ok to cry and said SS was fine and didn't cry and told DH that he "doesn't want to lose his friend". WTF? SS considers me a friend? I think not. Look at all the things he's done to me (and just in the past couple of months!). I am sorry to say that I think this is manipulation. Then DH said that SS said "I know its my fault and Im sorry Daddy".

DH and I are split but are still living at the same place until something comes through. I know I shouldn't have, but I read SS10's report card while they were out getting dinner. His grades were good, but he had a whole page for the teacher's comments.

Has anyone heard from Fedup45?

This is the woman who was blogging from a hotel room. Just wanted to find out if she's okay and back at home.

Anyone?

So..for the last little while SS8's room smells like urine... I mean I guess it always does a little because he's either pee'd his bed or his pants ... but we have a plastic sheet on the new mattress...and he changes his sheets everyday..so unless there is wet pee laundry in his basket the pee smell is not usually too strong.. but anyways..for the last few weeks it has been. I've cleaned it..I windex'ed down his plastic sheet in case it was holding the odor etc etc.

UGH!!!! I am so tired of my BF's teen daughter being rude to me. She is not hiding it now anymore. Her dad sees it and says he will talk to her. Well he has been talking to her all the time and there is still no change. She is a mini of her mother. My BF's EX is mean, rude, always threatening my BF with cs, munipulative and has issues (mental ones). This teen girl is rude even in my own home to me. Today is the last straw. I told my BF I would be very happy if she went to live with her mother.

It was a weird day today, sd8 behaved fairly well, watched more tv than I would like but generally good. The trouble came when she was given breakfast, then dh and I work from home. She came in an hour after breakfast complaining she was still hungry. She’s in a growth spurt so this is kind of normal. Dh made her a snack. We go back to work. I make DH and I lunch, and ask sd if she wants any, about an hour after her snack. She says no. she’s not hungry. Half an hour later she is asking us to make her lunch. Dh says, no, you turned down lunch when it was offered and now we are working.

I trust all of you and I'm stuck on what to do...

The boys have been gone for one week. It is just me, the two dogs and the two cats at home. Even DH is gone. I have been trying to enjoy it all and not wallow in self-pity but somewhere I lost my identity with my family and can't seem to get out of this depression.
The boys haven't called. I called them to make sure all was well on their trip. I know they are boys but I am JUST A STEPMOTHER. Why in the hell would they call ME? And I am sure BM isn't helping.
It is this ripping-out-of-my-heart each summer that breaks me down and makes me want to quit.

ss5 and i have always had a very good relationship. never any issues. bm and i have been getting along really well, and everything has been going pretty well!!

dh and i are planning to hopefully get pregnant in july or august, and im finally over all the drama and stress and able to focus on my amazing life with dh and get excited about our hopefully soon, pregnancy!!