Some BioParents - especially BioMoms - tend to think their children have primacy in any step relationship, even though this was never the case in the dynamics of the initial family. Divorce has somehow elevated the status of their kids. Their kid and that kid's wants come first.
Who cares that they are remarried to some other person? What my child wants and needs is more important than showing consideration for a different family in our Venn diagram. As the BioParent, they will force and enforce her child's "rights". (I am a biomom, but I dont subscribe to this unhinged philosophy although I have seen it and its destructive consequences.) Go for it, the damage and wreckage will land on your door-step in later years.

I am currently in the same boat as the article. I have refused to let IPOD-H's (In Process of Divorcing - my Husband) pregnant daughter move into my home - along with her junkie boyfriend and dog. IPOD-H, Daughter, Daughter's mother, Boyfriend, IPOD-H's 17 yo son (who lives with us FT) were not happy. Bet their dog was unhappy too.

Junkie boyfriend tries to steal from me in my own house. Consquence: him along with preggo daughter gets banned from my house. IPOD-H is furious, doesnt think it a big deal, I am overreacting. "Think of the children."

As to Mumsnet: "No one loves a child like a mother". There is a good reason for this as no one is as stupidily blind and pushy about a child's failings as his/her own mother.

Husband is passive aggressive d**k who sees his wife as a maid and ATM
As it's now her house and he won't help out he should become a tenant and start paying rent

I swear there should be a mandatory 6 month course for any woman marrying a divorced dad on the truth about being a stepmom. It should be entitled “What in the H are you thinking?!”

I own my home 100%. It was bought with money I earned long before I met DH.

No way I'd let my pathetic SS32 move in - even for a week. But I also would not move my sister in without DH's explicit approval even though it's MY house. And my DH actually likes my sister.

Good lord and this is a two bedroom flat not a 4000 sq ft house where a guest can live in the basement without anyone noticing. Where is this girl planning on sleeping?

I remember being 19 and going through a breakup and having to move home. My parents said I could stay for two weeks max. Never once thought it was rude...