October 2009 - StepTalk - The Network of Care

Another endorsement for reading Stepmonster!!

Fellow steptalkers, I finally decided to read Stepmonster by Wednesday Martin. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 1:35 PM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Here we go again.

I'm going on a date tonight, and I just got asked out by another guy for tonight. Back to the world of free meals. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 1:23 PM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Victim to Survivor to Thriver

I saw this on another site and couldn't help but share it because I just flippin love it and I think it rings so true. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 1:16 PM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Can BM get spousal support after 11 yrs. of seperation?

judges could be so unpredictable sometimes and i am getting nervous about this. they are still legally married because she never filed and he's been to lazy and broke to do it. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 12:22 PM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

I'm frustrated. This is when disengagement is REALLY FREAKIN HARD...

My grandfather is having heart surgery later this week...he lives 3 hours away and my mom lives about 12 hrs away. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 12:20 PM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Im tired

HI!EVERYBODY.... read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 12:14 PM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Halloween part deux

Somehow I knew she'd start in again. Windbag has already started the guilt trip about Halloween. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:57 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Separate houses? - Update

Thanks for your comments on my last post everyone (October 8th). read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:45 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Hating my new life

I just found this site today and couldnt be happier. Im at my wits end with my new life. My husband and I have been married for 5 years. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:44 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

When SD has betrayed your DW...

Long story short, SD has been splitting time between bd and bm all her life...she is 11 now and has had problems in the last year with her bd to the point that on a Tuesday morning she would wake up s read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:40 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Is this on purpose? Is it normal?

My SS speaks with 2 voices. One is his normal voice, and the other is the voice he uses when he says something aloud that he doesn't want adults, like his father to hear. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:30 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Who is concerned with YOUR feelings.

I posted earlier about husbands and the grief they go through. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:17 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

UPDATE: I want to have a baby

We had the talk. Finally... I had put self-imposed deadlines on myself. After dinner, after the movie, after SD goes to bed and each of those deadlines failed miserably for too many reasons. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 10:27 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Need some of your wonderful opinions ;)

My son is in the second grade and has been having difficulty in school for a long time. Each year it has been a struggle to get him promoted, and he has been evaluated and has IEPs, etc. read more Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 10:01 AM by Step Talk - Where Stepparents Come to Vent.

Tired of knowing my place in the world, or in my family.

I love my husband dearly but sometime I wonder if happiness is ever possible with his other children around. He has two children from a previous marriage. read more Read More...