Hi,

Well, the BM, even though the divorce decree STATES:

"The Father shave have the Tax Exemptions EVERY year"

decided to file her taxes claiming my SS7 so she could get money back for the daycare.

Oh, so I go to E-file our taxes and come to find out the child has already been claimed for tax purposes. I am NOT happy.

I completely totally agree that PAS exists, and have seen it used by custodial and non-custodial parents, both mothers & fathers. BUT...

All,

Just really need to vent!

Frankly the old english expression "Sorely Vexed" is the only thing I can come upwith to describe how completely angry and frustrated my teen SD has made me.

I really think this situation is driving me mad!

I cannot go into too much specific but she has been so disrespectful/physical to her mom she was forced to get authorities involved.

We have tried everything with her! The way I feel now she is simply the most selfish and evil girl ever.... which makes me so angry and upsert as I want the best for her.

I was wondering if this behavior was normal on a repetitive basis for 2 years now. SS5 seems to have a big problem listening. It's almost as if he is doing it on purpose.

He also doesn't seem to want to listen when we are trying to talk to him about things when he gets into trouble.

Let me give you an example:

SS5 will be sent to time out for hitting his brother. FH will go into his room after 5 or 10 min to talk to him and "release" him from punishment and this is how every single conversation goes:

The BM has been on my husband about settling up the finances that she feels she is owed. BM sent several spread sheets for 3 years of stuff she feels she is owed for. My husband has sat down and gone through all receipts she has and made his own spread sheets. She did not like them and redid hers claiming he owes her over $9000! She has not paid him for the house and that bill alone is over $10,000. She was suppose to have it paid to him by the end of January 2009. She also never paid him for the van she got in the divorce. She claims that she did yet has no documetation.

I'm trying to help my neice come up with a cheer for cheerleading tryouts. I never realized how hard this is - I've never cheered before. I can't seem to get anything to rhyme right, and my neice, who is 13, bless her heart, is TERRIBLE at creating cheers. I think she has the right idea, but they always end up looking and sounding.... Trashy. She always wants to put something in there about shaking her booty and thrusting her hips.

So DH's daughter's boyfriend writes on myspace..."going to be a dad"...mood: ACCOMPLISHED

How stupid can a teen get? Let's see how accomplished you feel when you are just out of school, if you even finish, and end up in jail because your baby mama takes you to court to buy herself more nice stuff in the form of child support...sigh

what do you think...If DH and BM are going thru family mediation (he is seeking joint custody, she refuses, and where I live you must go to family mediation before a judge agrees to see you...) Am I supposed to be there? Is it best that I stay out of it? what is my role? What do you think??? thank you so much, I am so stressed over the custody battle we will soon be facing...

I don't post too often. mostly i just read for advice. However, just a refresher before i ask for advice. I have a DS10 who's father is in prison (which means no CS and no EOW visits). he has been in jail off and on for years but this is the longest time he's been away, he has another 1 1/2 years. Honestly i'd rather cut all contact with XH because i feel his bad influence outweighs any good thing he could possibly do for DS. I've been divorced from XH for 7 years now. I am remarried but am currently separated from DH and going to counseling to work on our issuse.