I’ve been reading this site for a little while now & figured I’d introduce myself & my situation.

I am 32 with no BKids. I was married but chose not to have kids until my XH gave me stability…he never did so I have his dogs instead.

I have been with my fiance for 2 years. He is a wonderful man who has a confusing total of 6 kids. He has custody of his youngest 2 who are SS8 & SD7. I play the roll of (step) mom with them as their BM shows next to no interest in them. They call me by my first name which is of course, all good.

So…my FSkids aside from SS8/SD7 are as follows

SS18, SD15, SD13 – He is graduating from HS this year & for the most part a good guy, the girls are manipulative & deceitful…they only visited twice last year. My FH has come to see what type of young women they are. Sadly, there isn’t much he can do about it as BM & the girls treat FH as someone to call if they want something…other than that he’s a non-entity.

SD14-FH’s XSD who one lives out of state & has the same BM as SS8 & SD7. Her BM gave up her parental rights to her parents. I have never met her aside from Skype but she considers FH to be her dad.

FH & I have had out more than fair share of fights over the Skids but we have, so far, been able to come to peaceful agreements on rules, behavior & other general parenting issues. Our situation is far from perfect & I know that it will never be, but that is ok. It’s just SOOOOOOOOOO good to know that I’m not “alone” in this crazy world of Skid/BM issues.