Just thought I would update you all ... after a long three day weekend I have my house back!!!! Woke up this morning to the skids screaming and whining so all the kids got put in their rooms for the day. BF made dinner and I decided to eat in the other room because of already being in a bad mood I didn't feel like eating at the troff. Now I am not saying this to be mean but has anyone ever eaten with two kids who have no manners? I'm serious when I say my dog eats quieter than these two.

Im still kind of new to the Step World, but my partner and i live up the road from the Skids and BM so we can be close to there school and see them as often as possible..

but his skids have only found out in the past few months (my choice) his dad and i are serious and the kids and i are getting to know eachother etc, SS 10 is starting to get annoyed that if they arent here then im here instead.

DH has always told them they are welcome to come over whenever they like and its there house as well etc..

I am the BM of 2 beautiful girls. The oldest is 12 & she is the SD to my current husband. She has lived with us for about 9-1\2 years. Her relationship with her SF is horrible. He can be a hard ass, and she can be very disrespectful. I think I may be partial to blame in this. I allowed SF to make and enforce the rules and I was the " 'ol softy". This resulted in SF being painted as "the bad guy". Now things were fine up until just the past year. IDK if its the puberty setting in or the fact that her BIO-Father has just come back into her life full time.

}:) I have 2 children from a previous marriage. He was until Friday been required to pay 500.00 a month child support but now because he is married and has a baby the courts see it fit that he now should only pay 200.00 a month. the greedy loser is like 1900.00 behind as it is. But my question is that he recieves a disability check from the military because he is a punk! lol but can my daughters recieve any payment from that?

SS11 is getting under every bit of my skin. Yes I am letting him. But he is whining about his mother more and more. It's a week away until they leave and while it devastates me every year when they leave, I get over it after a couple of weeks and enjoy the time DH and I have with each other.
DH is also very edgy at the moment. Grrr.

It is so hard not to be ego-centric when you are going to be living with a woman and some other dude's kids.

I don't know if I'm wrong for feeling this way or making a big deal out of nothing but, I hate the fact that MIL and BM are close. BM and FH were NEVER together. The second time they had sex, she got pregnant. When she found out she was pregnant, FH and I had already started our relationship. (see first post for in depth story). Apparently, MIL had a simliar situation with FIL and felt left out when he remarried and doesnt want BM to go through the same thing. But why does she care?!?!?

From today's paper...

Dear Amy: Growing up, my mom was never an integral part of my life.

Dad was more nurturing.

When I was 13, they divorced, and my siblings and I spent a lot of time at dad's house.

The thought of being with mom and her "boyfriend" turned my stomach. I rarely spoke to my mother.

Flash forward 12 years: Mom is married to her "boyfriend." Dad is married to a widow, and I am married and have two children younger than 4.

Gah! I could really just scream right now. I absolutely hate BM. So if you read my previous entries, you will know that BM has cancer and she claimed she wanted to be friends and everyone thought I should because she has cancer. Then everyone thought I was overreacting to the fact that she set up a breakfast when his mom was visiting with his family, her family and then then her bf and me and of course them because she has cancer and she needs to have the support of both families in case anything happens.

My FH was married before. He got divorced 14years ago but he still has his old wedding ring. He is keeping it in the same box with his cufflinks. It`s freaking me out to see that ring and I don`t know what to do about it. We are getting married this year and every time when I see the box I think about the ring and it makes me think will one day my ring end up like that too... He claims it`s his memory. They have two kids together so I guess he has enough memories left with that woman. I`m going crazy. Please I know I should not think about it... Is it normal to keep such a thing?