December 2011 - StepTalk - The Network of Care

To all the steps...

Maybe if I found this site sooner, maybe if there was more out there on being a step,maybe, maybe, maybe things would be different, but it is what it is. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 11:29 AM by Step Talk

Laugh for the day.. Bm really is STUPID! lmao

Yuck called dh to see if she can get the boys a little early on fri (the day before xmas and she keeps them til 6pm xmas eve) so that her aunt can take them shopping. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 11:09 AM by Step Talk

It's back to square one

So I am talking to dh this morning-asking if anything has been bothering him lately as he seems a bit distracted-I asked this right after he said something about ss. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 11:00 AM by Step Talk

RANT RANT

SD just got back yesterday for husbands week. She told me something that I found to be quite odd and disappointing. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 10:43 AM by Step Talk

On the outside looking in

Wow. As soon as he said the word "outsider" it was like I heard "ding, ding, ding" in my head. I promptly said, "But I'm not an outsider" to which he replied, "Yes, you are ... read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 10:21 AM by Step Talk

I do the disengaging, I don't really like it, but I do it. It's really the only way I have of keeping any kind of sanity when she is there. But how do you get through the day to day stuff. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 10:20 AM by Step Talk

An SM on another SM

My dad has the unique perspective of being an skid. I don't think he loved or hated his SM, I think he was indifferent to her. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 9:51 AM by Step Talk

Should I go with DH to pick up skids from BM on Friday....Advice please

Should I make the drive up to NY with my honey to pick up his kids or just let them have that time in the car alone. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 9:32 AM by Step Talk

Ashamed of my Dad

I'm disappointed and ashamed of my Dad. It's so hard to create a family unit in stepfamilies. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 9:02 AM by Step Talk

Don't expect 5 star service from us

Somehow we are suppose to fit roughly 30 people in our 3 br ranch on Christmas Eve. Somehow, we are suppose to have the money to feed all these people. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 8:46 AM by Step Talk

I don't know how to handle this anymore

The other night DH went to SS8's Christmas play. BM was there and came and found him. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 8:35 AM by Step Talk

Tired of it all, need a break, not sure if I care anymore!

Nothing huge has happened, except for DH's being laid off (which is absolutely huge and absolutely sucks, of course, but I mean BM/skids-wise). Just more of the same crap. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 8:24 AM by Step Talk

Tell me about your ups and downs with BM....where did you start and where have you been?

When I first met BM I made the pact with myself that I would never do anything to make her look at me in a bad light. I never wanted to give her an excuse to dislike me. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 8:20 AM by Step Talk

Aftershocks

The steps went back to their mother last night and we won't see them again until after the holidays. Woohoo! read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 7:58 AM by Step Talk

FDH Wants to Keep All His Son's Stuff for New Baby

With Christmas and SS4's birthday around the corner and also a baby due in March, I can't help but contemplate the disaster that is already our house. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 7:42 AM by Step Talk

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