Please allow me to indulge my fantasy. I have no bio-kids (unable to carry to term though I damned near died trying!) but I have always wanted to adopt. We are required to accept the random kids "assigned' to us merely by virtue of SO/FH/DH's foray into baby making with crazy women, right?

How cool would it be to hire a child actor, bring them into the household saying they were part of a big brother/big sister program that we are involved in or the child of a dear friend who is critically ill and that they are going to be staying for an unknown amount of time. Let them totally raise hell "because they don't know any better", be disrespectful to DH and his kids and destroy THEIR property. Stick up for them at every turn and forbid DH from disciplining because that is YOUR job and besides, they are a poor child in crisis!!! How could you possibly blame them for what they do you evil man????

I would be willing to max out every one of my credit cards for that experience! Maybe that would wake them up to what our lives are like.....