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Appropriate consequence for almost 8 year old colouring on carpet...
General Discussion So last year, when SD had just turned 7, she drew all over her white bedroom furniture. We were livid because it was brand new- so we gave her a long talk, took away her favourite toy, and didn't allow any colouring ANYWHERE in the ...
I guess im done!
Adult Stepchildren in the words of Clint Eastwood,"a mans got to know his limitations". its time to admit that because of the step kid thing, I will never have another meaningful relationship. every woman with kids I have ever been involved with ...
How did you disengage?
Adult Stepchildren I'm sure that everyone who has found it necessary to disengage from the SKids has a story to tell about how the went about it. Did you ease into it? Did you cut off your support all at once? Did you continue to do some things but n ...
Broken.
I was just sitting here reading blogs and it occurred to me "I am broken and my SD and MIL are the ones who did it. The saddest thing is I don't know if I can ever be fixed! I don't go anywhere, I rarely talk to anyone other than SO, I have ...
How many step marriages work out happily ever after?
General Discussion My experience is most of these second or third marriages involving stepkids usually have an expiration date. Stepkids are drama. If the marriages do last it's usually not a happy one. Am I wrong? ...
O/T Holiday Dishes
General Discussion OK, totally off topic. Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend (Happy Thanksgiving my fellow Canucks!). Which got me thinking about that age old question. What is the one (or more) dish you must must have for a holiday to be complete. ...
Analysis on a situation
General Discussion Hello Everyone, I need a psychologist or psychiatrist or someone in this type of field to analyze the following for me. My step-daughter spent this past weekend at our home. On Saturday my boyfriend had to go to work a per diem job,(off ...
OT: Tips on being frugal PLEAAAAAAAAAASE!
I sat down to calculate the bills and almost had a heart attack. We need to seriously cut back. It is only 4 of us DH, SS5,BS4 months and I. Yet our bills combined with cable, internet lights and groceries are over 2000. DH pays over a 1000 in CS. We both ...
real world vs fantasy land
i've been thinking about my almost year on steptalk and what i have learned after reading all the blogs and posts. this morning it dawned on me-this idea of the fantasy world our dh/so/mil/bms create for these step children, and how they have so litt ...
So tired of the constant critques and critisisms from everyone
General Discussion Being a step mom is like living in a fish bowl. Every little move you make is critiques and critisized, no matter what you do. Every motive is analysed, every decision has to pass muster. It's exausting. Just yesterday, my mom had ...