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These skids wish absolute death on me!

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Submitted by Steptotheright on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 4:06am

I've just realized I have never been supported or encouraged in this house. I have gainful employment in web design, but I am a writer of screenplays, and I write songs too. Never once has any of the skids expressed an iota of interest in any of my work. In fact they regard me with such using neglect that it should be criminal.

Circular logic of SO

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Submitted by Steptotheright on Sun, 02/23/2020 - 12:59pm

So this morning I've been trying to wrap my mind around some of the responses I'm getting to a gentle query, or as gentle as possible, regarding the adult SK'S and SO'S plans for them.

In my previous blog, I gave some examples of launching strategies without having higher education or technical school. Seeing as at least two of these step kids are going to drop out, I figured it was useful to come up with these strategies and bring them up with SO. But we have been fighting bitterly about this, well I've been trying to do the gray rock thing but... Here are some responses.

So, I was right. Also, launching strategies

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Submitted by Steptotheright on Sat, 02/22/2020 - 10:40am

SS15 was on the game as soon as he got home Friday. He's had a death grip on that thing all the way till now.

Despite SS15 failing grades and promises of punishment for them and for sneaking to play in the middle of the night on a weekday, not even a peep from SO. As expected.

Whenever I even attempt to discuss launching strategies of SK's to SO, even calmly. SO escalates it and it becomes a fight.

More late night SS antics!

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Submitted by Steptotheright on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 10:16am

So I'm asleep in bed quite peacefully, and I'm awakened all of a sudden by my SO's shouting voice. SO had gone downstairs for a 3 am snack or drink, and apparently, SS15 was found, on a school night, playing the Fortnite game in the living room secretly. There's no telling how long (days, weeks, months?)  sneaky, disrespectful, lying, manipulative SS has been doing this.

If I could have grabbed a thing of :popcorn: I would because this was sheer entertainment. SO grilling the source of much of my misery.

SS Got Told!

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Submitted by Steptotheright on Mon, 02/17/2020 - 11:09am

15 SS was making a racket last night at around 3:30 a.m. He was playing his precious Fortnite game in the living room, clapping sarcastically every time he lost. Which seemed to be a lot. It was waking me up every time he clapped.

Because of how negative he's made things for me I just try to avoid him altogether and there have been other nights where he was doing the same thing but I just put a pillow over my head and try to go to sleep that way. It's too stressful to get SO to do anything regarding the sk's

Handling Education

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Submitted by Steptotheright on Sun, 02/16/2020 - 4:28pm

I know this is a common topic but it's something that is of a lot of concern to me. The step kids are failing out of school. SO does not welcome my input or support me when I try to install rules and boundaries and disciplinary measures as a result of these grades.

SO acts like they are so on top of this situation but their answer is to move goal posts. Here's a typical interaction:

"honey you can only play for one day this weekend and next weekend if your grades aren't up I'm taking away your gaming entirely"