There is so much to say! I need help getting drama out of our lives. I live with my boyfriend now and he has a 6yr old daughter. Although we aren't married yet I call her my step daughter. She is the sweetest thing, I love her to death and she seems to really like me too. But I am having issues with how much her mother and my boyfriend fight over her. This mother always has something that makes us mad. I'm not exaggerating...ALWAYS. Example one, its his turn to have his daughter for christmas but she wont let him. They argued about this aaaalllll night and RUINED our family night together. We didnt get the girl for thanksgiving either! She expects us to obey her every demand. The mother says terrible things about my boyfriend as a father and spreads it around. She also feels that she can control where we go with her daughter and who her daughter can see when we have her. She doesn't want her daughter around my boyfriends mom because she has a history of bad checks and divorce...its the daughters grandma!!! Here is another example, on a friday we were suppose to get the girl the mother picks her up early from school and goes 3 hours away to visit family! The mother expected us to come three hours to pick her up and she doesn't tell us this until 5pm when we were originally suppose to meet. So that is just a couple examples of what pain we have to deal with. EVERY WEEK they are arguing about something. I have no say or control in it...all i can do is watch it RUIN precious time in my life. I can't stand her. I get along with her, I will never jeopardize it. All for the sake of this beautiful girl I will never talk bad about her mother or argue with her mother. I want us all to get along. I don't know how to do it when the mother is so controlling and uncooperative. I respect that this mother reeaaallly cares about her daughter and loves her so much that she wants to know what, where, who, when, how 24/7...lol not really it actually irritates the crap out of me. I have a 8month old son myself...I don't FREAK out when my son is out of hands for a day or two. I understand disagreements are bound to happen but this is over doing it. I dont want to have to deal with this mother 7 days a week especially since we only get the girl 9 days a month. I just want to have peace between everyone....Any advice out there??