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Can't stand stepfamilies.

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Submitted by inyoureyesIcaug... on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 7:58pm

I'm going to cut to the chase with this one. I have a huge Barbie collection from when I was a little girl. So many Barbie dolls, clothes, accessories, furniture, etc. that you can imagine! I recently retrieved the boxes from storage and showed everything to my fiancee since finding out we're having a baby girl in February. I'm so excited to hand down my collection to her one day that I just couldn't help myself. Anyway, this past weekend SD2 was here as usual, and he asked if she could play with my Barbie dolls (not in front of her, obviously).

Pregnant in a step family.

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Submitted by inyoureyesIcaug... on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 7:38pm

Before I found out I was pregnant, the whole step mom thing was a little easier to handle. Now that my boyfriend and I are expecting a little girl of our own, I can't stand my two year old step daughter. I'm sick of constantly being put second to her and I'm sick of my needs not being as important as hers. If I try to talk to my boyfriend about this, obviously he takes everything I say about his precious child the wrong way and never really takes my feelings into consideration.

Is it normal...?

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Submitted by inyoureyesIcaug... on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 6:02pm

...to not be interested in anything your step child does/says? I mean, I've learned to not "hate" my step daughter simply because of the fact she came out of my boyfriend's previous marriage, but I would by lying if I said I enjoyed the responsibility of watching her. Of course my boyfriend always thinks the things my stepdaughter does or says are the cutest thing ever, but I am just not interested in doting about her. I am just not excited because she's not mine...

Am I wrong?

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Submitted by inyoureyesIcaug... on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 7:02pm

My boyfriend has a two and 1/2 year old daughter who is with us every other weekend. Obviously since she is still a toddler, her sleeping schedule is early to bed, early to rise (7 pm- 6 or 7 am). This past weekend that we had her, my boyfriend mentioned that he would appreciate if I would wake up with her early on some days so that he can have a chance to sleep in. I told him that since it's not my child, I don't feel like waking up with her is my responsibility.

I need to vent, and need some advice...

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Submitted by inyoureyesIcaug... on Thu, 07/26/2012 - 12:12pm

Let me start off by saying I am very new to the site and don't know all the abbreviations everyone is using just yet, so bear with me on that. Also, my problem is complex, so pardon me if this post seems scatter-brained. My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 months now (not very long, I know) and his daughter is really starting to get on my nerves. Right now she is only two which is a terrible age to begin with ("terrible twos"), but it's my boyfriend's discipline, or lack thereof, that bothers me.