Because every time so crazy thing would happen with BM, hubby and HK14...I would say to my self...WHat the fuck...really????? How can they be like this???

Because I was feeling frustrated and sour but when I went to make the account I realized I would have to live with the name for a long time. So I forced myself to reject all the down sounding names that came to mind. I looked around the house and realized (in that moment) I felt like the only one with standards for civilized behavior. So I was the chief grownup.

Thanks for sharing that! I originally chose "8 is enough" because there were 9 of us and that seemed like too much and so the 80's sitcom title came to mind. Later, I was having login issues and needed a new name. After observing my skids' BM for awhile, I decided my current screen name fit just as well.

Glassslipper, Cinderella...wicked stepmother breaks the glass slipper. Get it.
I always tell DH, "you got it good. They don't write fairytales about you!"
DD likes snow white better because the wicked step mother hates her because she is more beautiful. Lol. Says it fits her situation better, I don't agree, I think her stepmother is beautiful and that maybe DD should change her attitude.lol

SD and her husband told me that they don't consider that I have any type of family relationship with their children.

My name came from a random dog I used to take care of house sitting in college. He's a genius Australian Shepard and had the loveliest brown eyes.

My4kidsmom, because after raising my 4 plus 3 mostly ungrateful, often destructive PAS'd skids, I reached the point that I only wanted to be MY kids mom.
Now I feel a bit different but that was where I was at the time I joined. My SS17 is a great kid though.

I'm Finnish and, while mine is taken from letters from my birth name, it was also my great grandmother's nickname.

Bark = I have lots of dogs
Moon = What my real name means

Bark at the Moon = What the SDs and DH do to me. Also, a great heavy metal song by Ozzy. Named my one dog after a Maiden song, too!

~ Moon }:) }:) }:) }:) }:)

I chose my moniker because I finally woke up and stopped handling my spouse's relationships for him. I was the cruise director of the Titanic, doing all the emotional lifting while getting no appreciation or reciprocity. Now presents go unbought, birthdays ignored, I no longer host special events, and his family rarely sees him. There was no winnable solution for me - so I got off the ship.

I am the oldest of 4 girls. Not one of four wives... thank GOd! I would have run far far away.

It's a breakdown of the nickname we gave to our current home. Then inrealized it can also mean 'take cover' stat!

Fiery passion with a reason a.k.a. Blaze with a "why".
Get it? It's kinda punny.

SO made it up for me when I started making videos and podcasts. I used to use my middle name + love, but I believe that blayze is much more fitting.

Mine's an acronym of my 3 kids' names, plus the word mom. On my AA online group, I've added my DIL's initial, so there I'm "Ctnomom". They and you guys are the only groups I have time for !

DH used to tell me he treated me like a GODESS. I used to be left scratching my head and wondering how he could even say that or believe it when I felt he was treating me like crap. Since this was my first experience ever dealing with step family problems, I was totally CLUELESS. .....godess-clueless.

Mine is because I truly did not become a red wine drinker until I became a SM and the lyrics of the song are very appropriate.

Carrie, Dear is how BM often addresses me.(Annoying but she is nice for the most part but also loony and I pick my battles) So carriedear is just those two words together.

Mine is because I feel like all this wasn't planned.

Before I got married I'd been with DH for 10 years. I'd had minimal interaction with the 3 skids and expected things to stay like that. Then BOOM! Out of nowhere all the drama kicked off and when the dust settled I found myself with YSS living with us full time.

It feels like an accident. Plus it reminds me of the movie "The Accidental Tourist"

My name is from The Massacre at Two Pines in the Kill Bill movies.

I picked mine because that was how I felt at the time.

It reminded me of a simpler time in my life where things were cute and cuddly. Where I did not feel like a prickly porcupine or a blithering idiot. When I had control of my home and my life 24/7.

it's a mash up of a few important peoples names!

That's as far as I will say in public...

Pretty simple, instead of the my waste of space BM, that we never hear from. Can I get a BM that takes SD15 for even an hour...LOL.

I originally signed on as Forest Rayne. I picked that name as I love nature and rainy weather; I am a pagan and practice a nature based religion so I picked a name representative of nature. Unfortunately, I got carried away with one of my original posts about my SD and because my story about her is very specific and unusual (mental illness, suicide attempts, etc) I got scared that someone would know it was me. I changed my name to Amber Miller because that's not my name; no special story behind it. I do miss being Forest Rayne and wish I could get my name back. I guess I could change it again. I haven't been posting much lately so no one would probably notice if Amber Miller disappeared.

This is my first handle ever here, I went back to it.

Chokin on lemons because that saying 'When life gives you lemons...'

I chose my name because that's how I felt for a while. The skids completely ignored me unless they wanted to eat. What did they think, a ghost cooked the dinner that magically appeared on the table?

And... I love ghosts LOL!

when I joined STalk 3 years ago I was in a very dark place It felt like I had a huge black cloud above my head everywhere I went (BM!) she pretty much ran the show back then, DH didn't know any different.

I wanted some sunny skies for a change. And with the things DH and I have learnt on STAlk, (keeping BM at a respectable distance, advice on how to cope with being an SM etc) it saved my relationship and I've certainly got my sunny skies now. 

I'm very happy most of the time with step life now Thanks STalk! Thanks you guys! xxx

The name: "Indigo" was shortened from my more typical "Indigohills."

Years ago I lived on a large cattle and horse ranch which overlooked rolling hills, there was no one within line-of-sight. One morning, I woke up and looked out my window to see stalks of ice-covered grass poking up through the snow. The hills were still shadowed in evening dreams while the crests were highlighted by mornings light. In trying to mentally describe the beauty of that moment, I thought: Indigohills.

Since then, I have used the same email address/identity for years.

it's something my g-mom says. i am more like her than anyone else in the family and pretty much have the same attitude - "if ya don't like it, well, tough noogies!" sorry, too bad, so sad.

dh is the other way - "if u dont like it, what can i do/change/fix to make it better?" so we balance eachother out very well.