August 2013 - StepTalk - The Network of Care

O/T Thursday is our 10th anniversary

I'm so excited! dh said I could choose where I want to go on Sunday and Monday, we are both off those days! read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 6:45 AM by Step Talk

i feel jipped

Dh finally left the hospital yesterday afternoon. His surgery was supposed to only need one overnight at the hospital....he was there 6 days. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 7:37 AM by Step Talk

sigh apparently im not disengaged enough

Time to take it up a notch. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 9:05 AM by Step Talk

I told you so! I told you so! I told you so!

As stepparents, we are prone to hearing things like "you knew what you were getting into." We are prone to feeling like we come in second (or third or fourth) but how many of you are prone to being r read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 9:51 AM by Step Talk

Blog Hog -- The Tuition Bill other shoe has dropped

DH paid toward SD19's freshman year tuition, but let her know that payment for this year would be conditional on: 1) 2.0 average with no flunks read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 9:31 AM by Step Talk

Anyone have SK's that were adopted by their DH?

Out of four step kids we/I get along with two of the four. Of the two we have difficulties with, meaning they don't respect my DH or any boundaries, one of these girls was adopted by my DH. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 11:47 AM by Step Talk

It's official- OSD not coming back

The two older SDs have been with their grandparents in another state all summer. Only the younger one is coming back today. The older one decided to finish high school there. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 2:00 PM by Step Talk

Are your step children greedy?

SD is a very greedy child. She has so many things hidden away in a box under her bed. For whatever reason, she hides everything. Some of the things she has just "claimed" as hers. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 3:22 PM by Step Talk

BOUNDARIES ON ADULT STEP SON

I have read with great interest all the post and it has made me feel so much better about all the feelings running through my head. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 5:20 PM by Step Talk

If this is karma, I'll take it!

If watching the Kraken's bubble burst is all the karma I ever get I guess I'll be satisfied. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 4:42 PM by Step Talk

Confession: Installment 1

Hit after hit in my life has left me rather debilitated in an emotional sense. However, I wanted to write this blog to mentally go over all of the good, bad, and ugly. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 11:26 PM by Step Talk

A corner just belongs to me :)

I had a small emotional breakdown today. I missed "me" so much; my things (most of them are still in boxes) and my personal space. I even missed my small one-bedroom apartment. read more Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 11:51 PM by Step Talk

A good friend is where I was (kind of) a few years back.

She has her SD4, who was an "oops" between her DH and her DH's ex girlfriend, and then she and her DH have a 14 month old girl. read more Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2013 4:46 AM by Step Talk

I so love dragging info out of DH when it comes to SD20

I'm sure others of you experience this, where you aren't told anything about the stepkid(s) unless you literally drag it out of your spouse. read more Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2013 6:28 AM by Step Talk

Gaslighting -- old school, WTH.

A couple of weeks ago SO and I had a huge argument. He yelled at me and I stormed out and left the house without telling him. read more Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2013 7:31 AM by Step Talk

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