Hello everyone. I thought I would give this site a try for impartial prospectives and advice. Ten years ago, I was a sworn spinster who met a man who literally turned my world upside down. My career is teaching. Being from a big family, I've always been around kids. So when this amazing man with a whole load of kids (5 to be exact) came into my life, I was undeterred. At first, I took my place and let my husband and his ex parent the kids as they saw best. It was a crash course that opened my eyes wide. The biomom was NEVER nice to me and bad-mouthed me to the kids on her time.