I had the luxury of escaping the real world for a few days and it was fantastic. Now that I'm back, there is a whole truck load of step drama waiting for me. I can never escape it.

I don't know how much of my depression is related to general Monday, back to the grind, normal post-weekend blues and how much is related to step life but here I am, back on STalk to vent again.

Why can't adults just act like adults? I know that there is a growing child-centric parenting trend in society as a whole and it seems that divorced people with kids are especially prone to it.

What is with all the talking with kids about their fragile wittle feewings. I'm so sick of it. From the BM, from the grandparents, from my own husband who claims that child centric parenting is toxic to the adult relationship. Why is everyone fawning all over these YOUNG kids making sure they get to express all of their feelings, wants, and needs regarding their "broken family" status?

When I was a kid (yes, I know I sound like an old biddy right now), we went where our parents took us, we did whatever they were doing, we decided NOTHING. My parents ran the house. I don't remember them spending a whole lot of time and energy asking my siblings and I how we felt about every freaking thing in our lives. And the AWESOME part of that? We were free to develop into young adults and work out our own problems. There was this sense that as long as I lived under my parents roof, they called all the shots. So I had a big incentive to LEAVE! I wanted nothing more than to gtfo of there as quickly as possible so I could start running my own life.

So my minor gripe is that all these people in the skid's lives are not doing then any favors at all by fretting so much about their poor little feelings. My MAJOR gripe is that I'm TERRIFIED these precious snowflakes will fail to launch because of this adult pandering. I love my husband but I'm not going to stick around for that nonsense.

/end rant