Ok so a little history I have been with DHO for 3 1/2 years and living with him most of that. I do not have any Bio's but as of two years ago his Three kids SD9, SS8, and SS5 live with us 24/7 except 2 weekends a month. Bio mom is a real piece of work. She has no job has had social service cases against her, lives off food stamps, and doesn't even pay her measly $50 a month in CS to DHO. Now to my story/frustration. We have some CRAZY annoying nieghbors. They are loud, seem to be cracked out live off the government bla bla have 6 dogs who bark everytime I go into my back yard. Nieghbor kids are 7 , 5, 2, and newborn I happen to know the landlord (she is an old friends mom) So I have told her a few times how much they are a bother and any time we complain she has said she needs a police report to help her.

Ok Skids walk home from school and nieghbor kids somehow end up walking with or behind bothering them. Call them assholes and every name in the book all the time. Well yesterday while I was at work I get a call from DHO telling me that SS8 was walking home from school and the nieghbor kids were hitting him on the back of the neck with sticks and scratched him. I said I'm sorry. DHO starts yelling "well you need to call that lady and tell her to get down here and take care of this shit" I told him " it's not her responsibility as a landlord to watch the renters kids you need to call the cops" OMG so then he says "whatever its her f'n problem how many things have we dealt with with these people she needs to take care of it or i'll sue her" I again told him. "She told us to take care of it she needs police reports" then DHO hung up! Needless to say my fire was lit when I got home. SS8 and SD9 tell me what happened and SS8 Shows me. It's a little irriatated and a tiny scratch. Then I try to talk to DHO about his behavior and he gets mad telling me that he doesn't think I care that "maybe I would care more if he was my son" My response was "well he isn't my son and I don't know if I would care more b/c I dont' have kids!" UGH so needless to say i was upset. I care for the kids and DHO very much otherwise I would not stick around, take them to school, work full time, take them to dance, wresting and tball and PAY FOR IT, I wouldnt be the one at parent teacher conferences with DHO SO YEA I CARE. I was soo hurt we are supposed to get married this coming year and have discussed having a baby so I can have a kid of my own. I am now terrified that this whole NOT YOUR SON/DAUGHTER thing will get amplified then? I mean it wasn't that I didn't care but It's not the landlords problem AND kids are goign to be kids hes not bleeding, his arm isn't broken he's ok... SS5 came home with a refferal from school Friday for "punching a kid in the stomache in line!" I told DHO should that kids mom and dad sue you b/c your kid was messing aroudn??? NO its not like they stabbed him. Sorry I just needed to vent and sometimes I feel like I can not win for loosing!