I know this sounds crazy to a lot of people, but Loghead and I usually spend a lot of time apart in the summer. We're both teachers, and he usually works part time summer jobs and that leaves me in charge of the skids and our BS. I find it easier to take all the children to my parents' summer home at a local vacation destination nearby.

:jawdrop: So, my DF and I are to be married on July 5th a little over a week away. We have gone through a lot with his BD's 15 and 12 in the last 2 years. He went through the guilt daddy syndrome and all that niceness,lol. Well now that we basically have his girls 24/7 365, I sat him down and told him I was not gonna live like this anymore. I told him if he wanted to continue down this path that was fine with me.

Now it seems that DH is giving ME the silent treatment and getting his little digs in in support of his daughter! I call him on it (very diplomatically of course) and all he can throw at me is that SD17 and I have MUTUALLY hurt each other's feelings and that my giving SD the silent treatment isn't helping resolve the issue! He seems less concerned about my feelings stating I'm the adult and I should handle it better.

I feel ike I have found a place that I am welcome. I have been lurking and reading posts for a few days. I used to be able to vent to my friends, who got me through 2 divorces. One marriage lasted 15 years, but not through his "text book" midlife crisis and the other was MY test book "rebound" to an alcoholic. I talked endlessly to my friends. I am AFRAID to vent to them now, and witness the pathetic roll of eyes and "here we go again" sighs. So, then I was miserably single for almost 3 years, which all of my friends thought would be bliss. It wasn't. And, I very happily met Mr.

We didn't have the stepkids on Father's Day weekend, as it wasn't our scheduled weekend. According to DF's stipulation, it does say he is permitted to have his son on Father's Day, however, he informed BM that he and I were out of town (6 hours away) all weekend and he wasn't going to be able to take the skids. We were going to see the skids on the Monday night after Father's Day, so it didn't seem like a big deal.

I KNEW she was going to say something nasty to the kids! I even told DF that she would but he (once again) didn't think so.

Does anyone know of some skid venting sites that are like this?

I know a lot of people here have been badmouthed on Facebook by their skids. I know that there are several pages on FB relating to stepkids hating their stepparents. I think that kids need somewhere to vent too.

What do you think about skids venting about us? Where do you think it is appropriate for them to vent, and why? Where do you think it's not appropriate for them to vent, and why?

So, I had noticed my SD5 bullying my DD2 when she was over for her EOW visits. I had brought the issue up to my DH, and he had ignored it. Now that it is summer, my DH has expressed his desire to have his daughter over to play with her siblings (he has 3 from 1st wife who we have full custody of & have no contact with BM & we have 2 together). At first, I was all for it! A great opportunity to see her siblings and not have to sit in front of the TV all day at her mom's house. Well, after the first attempt, I am singing a different tune.

So I have been battling my SD head full of LICE!

This may be a little long, but worth it...
So just a little update first since I haven't been on.. SS last game, I got there and didn't even look at bm, didn't say one word. The skids were all over me as I knew they would be... Hadn't seen their mom in a few days, and still wanted to sit with me the entire game.. At one point sd4 was on my lap and said "when do I go to my moms?" I said in 2 days.. (Bm is about 6 ft away staring at us lol) sd4 replies "I don't wanna go to my mamas, I wanna stay with you". (It was hard not to laugh)

SS had a bad habit of bringing things up regarding things that happened between DH & BM through their separation for the sake of argument. One example: When skids were small, BM accused DH of slapping her & she filed for a protective order. DH wasn't allowed at their house. When DH's father passed away he left DH all of his tools. DH kept them locked in the garage. SS watched BM break the window of the garage so she could get to his tools & she sold them to the men she was sleeping with at the time...4 of DH's "friends".