So my DH gets his kids (SD 11, SS 12) EOW, alternating holidays, alternating spring breaks, and 2 non consecutive weeks in the summer. This is one of the weeks. Usually in the past I would take the week off ( I had 4 weeks vacation a year and DH has none ) and I would do things with them. This year I am at a new job and just don't have the vacation available. They spent yesterday at home alone but I figured they would be bored as heck all week so they are spending a few days at my parent's along with my BS3. My parent's love having them and they are treated as if all 3 kids are their biological grandkids.

SS12 has an iPod so in order to text message he has to have wifi. My parent's don't have internet. This kid is so used to texting his mother 500 times a day and couldn't text her at all yesterday. Apparantely last night he ended up bawling his eyes out because he 'misses his mommy'. This is the kid who had to drop out of boyscouts when he was 8 because he couldn't goto scout camp for a week because he would 'miss his mommy'.

We are just now getting through a weekend at our house without them crying at night because they miss mommmy. They used to come upstairs and wake us up at 2am because they missed her so much. Now I think they just text her all freaking night long.

These kids are growing up so wimpy... SS12 is already made fun of at school. kids are mean you know.... they call him names like 'fag' and 'gayboy' because he's such a sissy. Being sensitive to a certain point is ok but this kid is so far gone that he can't function. But the thing is.. at BMs house my SD walks all over her mother. But our house she crys because she misses her so much.

So glad they are not my kids... but I still end up woken up at night when they are crying for her. For the most part they are good kids and I get along with them. I like taking them places and doing things and they pretty much treat me with the respect that I deserve because DH would not put up with them not treating me with respect. He is not a disney dad by no means.

Up until recently my SD still slept with her mother.