Create your own personal blog and start sharing what's on your mind. Blogs are your own personal space for venting, asking questions, sharing your experiences, posting your favorite recipes, discussing your favorite shows, etc. This is your space to use as you please. You can manage your own blog posts as well as control the commenting on them.
When posting blogs, remember to add meaningful tags to your posts in order to help others find your blog posts when searching. This also helps you find your blogs later. Tags are fully searchable and allow you to organize your blogs.
Start your blog now!
The time has arrived that the 15 yo teenage boy skid knows it all. Husband complains about his kid not talking to him or wanting to spend any time with him. Skid is just glued to his phone. And........ I'm just over here like yeah ... the skid hasn't had a conversation with me besides answering a direct question with yes/no/idk for years and years.
So my boss called me on Monday to touch base and the good news is that the business is picking back up! The week after the election ended, we have gotten calls about projects that have been on hold that now they are back on track. The bad news is we won't be getting a Christmas bonus this year BUT I much rather have a job than a Christmas bonus. We were on the phone probably a good 30 minutes discussing how things are looking which seems like it is all turning around, but not soon enough for a bonus. Again, rather have the job!
So the dude who I asked to get tested got tested and showed me his results (guess he didn't want to eff around and find out how fast I'd end it if he didn't). So I suppose fine for now and he's been a gentleman thus far. And asked to define if we were exclusive.
I felt compelled to say yes.
Then later the next morning I thought about the other guy (with the kid) who've I've been also dating. I feel horrible now that they both expressed wanted to commit more and now I have to choose.
I am only partially joking. She will be her just after New Years. She is staying for 4 days. She started the "I miss you" campaign with my DW about 2mos ago. Conceptually I am not against it. In reality, it will undoubtedly be an emotional shit show for my bride and a big part of that will be the anxiety that anything and everything will have to be secured or it will disappear.
Things have been going really good. SD showed her true colors and SO finally decided to leave me alone about not wanting to do anything with or for his kids. I have let him go thru football season going to partial football games on Friday nights (because SS is JV and doesn't really play) and going to all Saturday morning games without causing a fuss because I wasn't even asked to go.
Two weeks ago, SS13 went home from school Wednesday because he "threw up." Was perfectly fine on Thursday (district policy is he couldn't come back the next day). Friday morning, like clockwork, he told BM he threw up, so she kept him home again.
SS has acid reflux and has had it since he was 6. It causes him to spit up sometimes, but not outright vomiting. He also has a prescription, which he hasn't taken in months.
My neighbor is an annoying sh-t
He lets his dog play right in front of my windows so i frequently see and hear the dog toys being thrown against my window or in front of the wall by my window which is noisy in addition to hearing his dog heavily panting
there are multiple grassy dog areas that are designated for pets that are very close nearby 1-2 minutes walking distance
I am at my wits end with this a$$cruncher and don't know what to do.
what would y'all do?
Friends, I’m noticing a troubling pattern in my relationships and would really appreciate some thoughts.
I tend to evaluate myself first when things go wrong, asking for feedback and considering if I need to course-correct. However, when I see the same issues arising repeatedly, I worry that I’m missing something bigger—like not seeing the “forest through the trees.”
How did your steps turn out as adults?
I know this question has been asked before, and I know I can gather a lot just from reading various entries on here. But I'm curious about situations in particular where you became a stepparent when kids were young (before teenage years) and shared 50/50 with a bio parent you didn't/don't exactly get along with or have a 'happy /open co parenting relationship' with.