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Friends,
First off I want to thank YOU. This particular group of stepparents have gotten me through some hard/dark/awful times and the shrewd / excellent advice and stories have helped shape my mind and behaviors to see reality. I was that stepmom that wanted everything for them and really dove in, sacraficed - and finally after SKID adulthood realized I was no better off than any other stepparent and possibly worse off than the ones that chose to do nothing (...if I were to do it all over again, I would do nothing and disengage right away.)
I survived the week! Thank-you for all the thoughts, prayers and emotions. 
For everyone following my posts , I just want to get an idea of if everyone thinks I should go to this senior night "extravaganza" or stand my ground and not go. Thanks
This blog is in response to Rocky Road's entry, He Will Never Stop
One severe, never before given, A$$ Beating!
That’s what it takes for some of these delusional Daddies-in-Denial to finally wake up and change.
Only A$$ Beatings...
Because they live by this personal, twisted philosophy: if it’s not happening to me, it’s not relevant. So, they bury their heads in the sand, refusing to deal with the reality right in front of them, pretending it doesn’t exist until it’s too late. You might ask me; how do I know?
Today was the first day of school and as far as I know....SD15 WENT. Because she realized we were not going to let her get her way no matter how big of a temper tantrum she threw.
You all know that SD does not want SO to walk with hwr in Senior night. I don't know where that stands at this point. But SO gets a text from BM about the senior cheerleaders having a dinner for them and the parents before the game. I have been told by SO I have to go with him. I told him no. He of course isn't taking no for an answer and has ordered the tickets. He said I have to do this for him and SD. What type of abuse is this that he isn't respecting me.
What I thought in my head was "I would rather stay home and pull my nails off of their nail beds one by one" but what I replied instead was, "I think I'm going to hang back but you two go enjoy it!"
Thoughts, emotions and prayers appreciated as I navigate this week.
Morning Mia, I just started listening to "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle on Audible. I love it and I get it!
Hello! I'm grateful to be a part of the StepTalk community. I have been a dedicated stepmom for ten years. When I married my husband, who is 13 years my senior, he had recently gone through a divorce after 25 years of marriage and had three children with his previous wife. I entered the picture as a single-mom with a young son, and my husband adopted him, making us a united family. I have no family myself, so I was excited to create my own. I naively assumed I would be welcomed with love, support and acceptance by his people.
If you remember my last few blog posts, DH has SS12 for Labor Day Weekend this year. BM and DH communicated about it a few weeks ago and BM made it clear that even though the court order says 3 p.m. pick-up at her house, she was sending SS12 to football practice from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. since it was "her time." She told DH he was welcome to pick SS up at the football field at 3 p.m. (pulling him out early which was severely frowned upon and would devastate SS) or allow SS to complete the entire practice, picking him up at 4 p.m. DH played the game and agreed to pick up at 4 p.m.
SD told SO that he doesn't have to walk her on the field for senior night. BM and BMs fiancé are doing it. This might be more for bio parents but anyone can chime in. How would you react if you were the parent?
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