Hello various step parents. I'm new here, just need to vent,maybe get some opinions and positive feed back. It all started nearly 10 years ago. I met my then boyfriend,who is now my husband. We met during a very fresh separation from his first wife. He gained custody of his two small children( girl who was 8 and boy who was 5). Mean while,I was a single mother of two girls,ages 15 and 18. I enjoyed this man like no tomorrow!!! He was so loving,kind and caring. He was so excepting of my children. All of a sudden,3 weeks after we met, I found myself raising 5 children instead of 2. WTF???? Where had my peaceful life gone? I was doing so much for this man and his kids,I started not being there for mine;thinking,their teenagers, they don't need me as much. I felt so bad for his kids being taken away from their mom at such a young age. My heart went out to this family who was suffering. As time goes by, I become pregnant. Approx 2 months after dating,go figure. Things were nice,I was happy,I thought God blessed me with this wonderful man and his wonderful children. MY FAMILY WAS COMPLETE. As time goes on even further,I'm learning that these children are kinda devious and sneaky. They decide to tell their mom everything going on in our home,of course only the bad things!!! The "MOTHER", then begins the mind poisoning. She tells the daughter that her father has commited adultrary because they weren't divoreced yet and he was living in sin. She told the daughter that she shouldn't kiss her father on the lips anymore because he was kissing me and she didn't know what diseases I had. The daughter who is now 17 ,still does not kiss her father AT ALL!!! Both kids were told not to allow me to hug them. The daughter was told to go through dads mail and read it to her mom. The mom had the neighbor spying on us and relaying information on things she could see happening. The mother has told countless lies to friends and family about my husband and I. She has had both of us arrested before. Just to shorten the story, these days, my step kids are very defiant, they mistreat my son ,who is their brother. They will purposely hurt him when they are mad at me. They are very spiteful!!!!!!!!!!! They will tell blaten lies about me to my husband. My step son has pushed and shoved me. He has threatened to hurt my little 8 year old son. I keep saying to myself, they will grow up and move out soon,then things will be ok. I'm sure your saying, what has my husband done about all this crap,NOTHING. he's in denial that his children are so cunning and evil. I feel on the brink of either a heart attack some days or a nervous breakdown. I just recently in the past 3 years starting taking anxiety and anti depression meds. I know my health and sons safety are not worth all this,but is it fair to my son to lose his family?????????? WHAT TO DO???????