I recently discovered I can block any phone number I want on my phone. (I'm not too technologically backward. I think its a new service offered by my carrier. I couldn't do it before.) Ha ha.

So, I made the mistake  of thinking I was entitled to the same respect as everyone else when I posted on Reddit recently, in a stepmom sub, about being a stepmom and its troubles. 

Nope. I got eviscerated by a few people who claimed I "just hated all young people."  

Does this happen to anyone else when they try to get advice on other stepmom sites? It was so out of the blue and hateful I was taken aback. I forgot how awful mainstream people can be to us. Still can't figure out why being frustrated with badly behaved step kids is such a trigger for people. 

DH and I recently agreed to change cell phone plans and to remove SD20 from our plan. This took effect today, and since SD20 had over 30 days to create her own account but chose not to, her phone is now a paperweight.

Its exhausting listening to DH talk to SD 18 and SD 20 on the phone every day. Here's the kind of abuse he gets, but thank goodness he stands up for himself. Not sure why he keeps calling, though. 

DH calls SD18:

DH: "Hey, your mom (BM) texted me asking me to check on you. She says you are really stressed out. Are you ok?"

SD: "*Sigh! WHY are you calling me? Your time to call me is not until  X o'clock. Why can't you stop bothering me? What do you WANT?! I never get any free time and you are always bothering me!"