Interesting question I have….how common is it for most BM’s to kick out their child once the CS checks stop coming in? Personally, I’ve seen this happen and I’m starting to think this occurs more than I thought. It’s like the kid was tolerable because the money was coming in but once it stopped all bets are off and the kid has to go. Many times made to go live with their other parent, friend, or family member.

New show on TLC titled Smothered! It’s about families, preferably Mother/Daughter relationships who take their bonds to a new level and extreme. These women are ALWAYS in each other’s lives and do everything together. An enmeshed relationship without healthy boundaries and behavior that has no limits. The whole my mom/daughter is my BFF going on. How many of you on here have experienced this from your SD and her BM? What type of situations have you seen, heard, or dealt with?

Have you ever had the overwhelming feeling of relocating to another place and start fresh? Create a new beginning in a new town/neighborhood with new friends and work place? I’ve lived in the same big city for half of my life and I’m over the entire hustle & bustle and desperate for a change. I am making several moves to make that happen but having that fear of the unknown, of uprooting and changing my life is scary.

I was reading this article from 2010 about Betty White and her refusal to reconcile with her SD. Its intersting how this dynamic also affects celebrities. Sometimes we sit and think that these things only happen to us, that we are alone, but we are not! It was refreshing to know that Betty White felt like most of us do here on StepTalk and she got tired of tolerating years of BS and completely disengaged. After 30 years of this they have burried the hatchet but all in all she stood firm to her beliefs and let SD know that she's not taking the bullsh!t and life still goes on.