2018-03-03 03:25
DH caved.
He totally caved.
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2018-03-03 02:40
I dont know where to begin.
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2018-03-03 01:22
I am at a loss.
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2018-03-03 00:37
How do you guys manage when you have to spend time in the skids company at home if you're attempting to disengage?
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2018-03-03 00:36
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2018-03-02 19:55
First a step back...I cannot make this stuff up.
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2018-03-02 17:53
Ok, in the 4 years I have been on this site (under 2 user names) I have noticed quite a few forum topics that start out with the title "am I being unreasonable".
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2018-03-02 17:39
I don't share my phone number with my husbands family. Only one person has it (my SS) and he knows that I don't want other family members to have it. I trust him not to give it out.
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2018-03-02 16:37
What a Friday... pouring rain and stuck at work... still coughing from the glorious flu I am getting over...
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2018-03-02 15:54
I have no idea why I try to be friendly with the skids. They are morons. For the most part I don't have contact with them. They've all added me on social media. I accepted as to not make wa… Read More
2018-03-02 14:26
I do not like winter. I freakin hate the cold & snow.
We were hit again last night with a winter blast....
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2018-03-02 13:34
DH picked up the skids last night.
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2018-03-02 10:29
Anyone seen this? I set it to record so I can watch it when I'm doing the ironing as DH hates this sort of thing. I think it is oh too familiar for him and he gets triggered! Read More
2018-03-02 06:55
Feeling frustrated,
Almost 20 years with DH,(SD32 and SS38).SS,wife,and Sgk's are great. SD has disrespected our marriage from day one,stealing,splitting parents turning against each other… Read More
2018-03-01 20:27
The event that we’ve all been waiting for is finally here.
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2018-03-01 20:17
Last I knew, BM was seeing this guy (my future SIL referred to him as the little fella). Just found out last week that BM has a new guy.
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2018-03-01 19:00
I'm on the schools parent contact list for the skids, no biggie.
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2018-03-01 18:55
A few years back BM actually had a normal boyfriend. It was probably around 2013. She started seeing the vet that we all take our dogs to. Very good looking guy, and WITH A JOB even.
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2018-03-01 17:23
So since I am sick of living on an air mattress and always having a stiff neck and back...
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2018-03-01 17:15
So DH just gets a text from BM saying she is going to rehab and that SS will need to stay with us for a little while longer. She then goes on to say when she gets back on her feet he can c… Read More
2018-03-01 15:56
Sunday I called it a day on this doomed from the beginning relationship.
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2018-03-01 15:46
It is a year since my disengagement, and a year since I discovered StepTalk. I had a different name then so the original posts are gone.
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2018-03-01 14:53
Geez Louise! Can this not get any crazier...now just waiting to see baby emojis on her IG account...gag.. and I know its coming.
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2018-03-01 13:38
Last night I get home and SS9 is all excited because they had a book thing at school yesterday. He could donate and exchange them.
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2018-03-01 01:23
I know some of you blame dh and think he put me up to this but he didn't. He's aganist me giving bm money. I drew up a contract and bm signed it. I'm not giving her cash I'm just paying for… Read More
2018-02-28 20:30
Well guys, looks like another loss. Numbers aren't going up as they should still. Have another ultrasound to confirm tomorrow am.
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2018-02-28 19:55
BM appears to be withholding the children’s insurance information though the CO clearly states she is to provide copies of their insurance cards to my partner.
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2018-02-28 19:46
DH and I were talking last night about moving BS8 room that is currently upstairs, down to SD20 old room and making BS8 old room into my work out room, closet, storage..
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2018-02-28 18:38
The last few days I can really feel the stress. Grandma keeps messaging me on Facebook and I am getting to the point of blocking her. I was trying to wait until after the hearing though… Read More
2018-02-28 14:51
BM continues to bother my DH every other week just because she is having a bad day and wants someone to take it out on I think.
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2018-02-28 14:47
Sorry for the OT...
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2018-02-28 14:18
I am a member of another site where a poster commented that her SS5 was going to be starting school in the fall and her DH and BM were trying to pick a school for him.
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2018-02-28 13:23
I've been working 30 hours a week for less pay than I'm worth so I can be the caregiver for SS7 when we have him.
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2018-02-28 01:53
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4409601-man-charged-trying-kill-4-mon...
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2018-02-28 01:26
He w to handle or help my bf who has to deal with his kids that are getting very unmannerly while they are with their mother. Today at the grocery store he does the drop and roll.
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2018-02-28 00:49
So dd is 13 and has gone from a d to a dd. So far its not really affecting her (back pain, clothing options).
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2018-02-27 23:44
My boyfriend of 4/years has been living with my children and me for the past year.
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2018-02-27 22:11
I have been a member for over 10 years!!! Wow, time flies. Of course, I haven't aged a bit.
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2018-02-27 21:46
SD12 came home the other day after spending the night at her grandparent's house, her grandpa takes her to the skating rink on Saturday night so she stays there since they are out late, and… Read More
2018-02-27 21:21
Copied and pasted from Grand Hag's page...meth ex mom.
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2018-02-27 19:12
Yesterday was a red letter day for DH. He took off work to take SS16 to the orthodontist. SS16’s braces came off about a year ago and his teeth have shifted.
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2018-02-27 18:01
I am ready to rejoin the workforce and have decided to put SS on ADHD meds for everyone involved with him sanity levels.
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2018-02-27 17:21
Today BS10 called me right after I got to work to tell me he threw up. He has not gotten off to school so I tell him grab a bucket and lay on the couch.
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2018-02-27 16:38
One of my favorite sentences to hear, that with how correct I am all the time I don't hear enough. LMAO (probably good! Can you imagine the ego?! LMAO)
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2018-02-27 16:32
Reading through the comments on another blog got me thinking.,.
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2018-02-27 16:10
SMH Never ending problem with grades.
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2018-02-27 16:02
I thought I would brighten up the feed a little bit!!
What is everyone's favorite thing about their Step children or Kids?!
My stepson who is 9 is very caring and great with kids
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2018-02-27 15:58
My goodness. What a friggin week that was.
I am back at work and still weak and coughing but I at least woke up without fever. And no night sweats last night.
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2018-02-27 15:08
I've finally reached a point with SO where I don't see the point in trying anymore. I don't think he will truly ever get it and I don't think anything will ever change.
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2018-02-27 14:55
to all the posters dealing with the beast in UK,
hope you are safe and survive the cold cold week, will be thinking of you....
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2018-02-27 04:45
I don’t get it. We have had ss for a month and a half and he is almost potty trained and he is starting to say words. Idk if bm just wasn’t working with him at all or what.
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2018-02-27 03:11
The skids are here for 5 weeks straight. It's now day 5 and I'm utterly depressed. It's so much easier to deal with knowing that I only have a week before they are at their mom's for a week… Read More
2018-02-27 02:00
My bs10's older brothers are 20 and almost 18. The oldest is away at college and the younger one has little to do with their dad. Bs has been feeling blue about missing his brothers.
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2018-02-26 18:57
This weekend, we had guests over for supper one night.
The kids were fed first... and DH, our guests and I were out in the garage, having a smoke waiting for the kids to finish.
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2018-02-26 18:36
SD now 18, who moved out still gets the best of me. She hasn't stepped foot back in our house since she moved out in December on her 18th bday. Which is great for me.
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2018-02-26 18:26
Happy Monday, STalkers!! Anyone else's weekend too short? The day is only half over and I'm already ready for Friday. Sigh...
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2018-02-26 16:20
Bio-mom is putting Child Maintenance money before her own son.
He is 9 years old , he stays 3 days with his dad and 3 days with his mom and one day with his grandparents on his moms side… Read More
2018-02-26 15:19
He never sees when SD rolls her eyes or gives me attitude and she's just a little girl who hasn't been parented since he left!
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2018-02-26 15:04
My Mom and SF visited my SSis last week, and my mom gave me the skinny on what things are like for her and her family.
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2018-02-26 14:42
This references the video Meth Ex is referring to.
https://www.steptalk.org/node/243927
Meth Ex posted this video to her Facebook with this comment:
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2018-02-26 14:01
and I knew he would.
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2018-02-26 12:58
So after not seeing SStwinA13 during vacation week, and after refusing DH's request to sit down with DH and SStwinA13 last week to go over behavior and expectations, this horrible woman has… Read More
2018-02-26 12:55
LT and I are no more but he had parent-teacher conferences for his youngest last week. He called me to vent.
Apparently his son’s teacher told LT that son is a bully - at 8 years old… Read More
2018-02-26 03:50
If BM or anything to do with her...her family etc comes up, we seem to get into a huge argument. My DH is so defensive when it comes to this subject matter.
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2018-02-25 23:40
...has got to be attention seeking!
It happens all day, every day, at every chance!
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2018-02-25 22:40
So I don’t strangle a certain person..
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2018-02-25 14:51
So I got the dreaded flu.
The swab came back negative but the doctor yesterday told me it was probably a false negative.
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2018-02-25 13:15
Last night we were watching a movie when BM called. We paused the movie and SS7 went to our bedroom to answer and he left the door open.
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2018-02-25 13:00
It went about how I expected.
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2018-02-25 07:15
I realize my last post could not convey what was going on and I've had some pretty major assumptions that very much disturbed me.
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2018-02-25 02:56
Its been a month in a half after I left my husband at 9 months pregnant due to domestic dispute. I'm still at my moms and trying to make things work from my end. I'm 10 months pregnant and… Read More
2018-02-25 02:49
So I have decided to term BM "crazy". She called me at 8:30 this morning saying she has been trying to get a hold of us and she coming to get SS.
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2018-02-24 21:05
It’s skids weekend. The time DH’s whole attitude towards me changes. He got mad at me before they even showed up because I wasn’t showing signs of excitement about them ge… Read More
2018-02-24 18:42
It's finally happened. Dh had a mental break and now all he is doing is working his 2 jobs and visitation. Said "when I cheat" on him he doesn't want to know.
Dh went to file his 2017 taxes… Read More
2018-02-24 17:27
It's sad that BM is so clueless.
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2018-02-24 04:02
Well, not starting the cytotec this weekend. The Dr thinks this could have been a vanishing twin maybe-and the 2nd egg may be late implanting.
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2018-02-24 04:02
Well, not starting the cytotec this weekend. The Dr thinks this could have been a vanishing twin maybe-and the 2nd egg may be late implanting.
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2018-02-24 01:33
I was watching a parody on FB (admittedly it was hilarious). All about running into someone you haven't seen in a while, commence small talk. So what have you been up to? kinda crappy small… Read More
2018-02-23 20:45
Eff off to this darn headache. I have plans tonight and I do NOT have time for a migraine Read More
2018-02-23 19:53
So back in mid December, I blogged that SS knocked up his wife. At the time gbaby was only 3ish months. And he has health issues. (BM is so giddy about grand baby health issues, it is di… Read More
2018-02-23 18:59
I'm so excited. SS is almost 5 and BM hadn't tried potty training him at all. Since we have had him, we have been working hard towards potty training him.
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2018-02-23 18:28
One more year of CS. She doesn’t live her mother and dropped out of college, but yay, NYS, almost impossible to get a judge to sign an emancipation order.
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2018-02-23 17:20
More about the red glasses later..............
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2018-02-23 15:19
And they are soooooo "fun."
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2018-02-23 13:38
Thank you all the people that gave my constructive advice and were supportive.
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2018-02-23 13:06
Ok this actually happened yesterday it's not about the skids this time it's about my marriage.
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2018-02-23 07:36
I just read this article and I thought some people might find it interesting.
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2018-02-23 01:45
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2018-02-23 00:51
Here's a link to my last blog... https://www.steptalk.org/node/243533
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2018-02-23 00:21
This really happened. I was there and saw it first hand.
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2018-02-22 22:58
SD35 stopped by the house today, while DH was at work.
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2018-02-22 20:53
So our dentist was able to smooth out the chip, luckily the break was only in the enamel.
I did send ex an email updating him...no response back.
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2018-02-22 19:22
So I wont say exactly where but when I've shared I've changed details. Things like the initials of the children's names. Fudging their ages by a few months to maybe a year.
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2018-02-22 19:18
I'm shaking writing this. Somewhat o/t: DH was giving DS14months a bath and was being rough with him because DS was trying to climb out of the blow-up tub.
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2018-02-22 18:32
Alas, I feel all is lost with my sister. She has become another casualty to the dysfunction of blended family life.
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2018-02-22 17:18
Do you think it's possible that many stepmoms have PTSD, and even many other parents who have separated and are now dealing with HCex?
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2018-02-22 16:14
Is it wrong to want privacy in my/our own bedroom when it comes personal things e.i., dressers, drawers, nightstand, stored things, ect.?
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2018-02-22 15:00
In a nutshell..
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2018-02-22 14:56
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2018-02-22 14:45
I stayed married to BM, because of the child.
I never loved her, she got pregnant without me knowing. (She said she's on BC)
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