The advantages of being in a stepfamily?
* We get one weekend to ourselves each month
* We can leave the skids sheets on their beds for two stays, equivalent to 8 days of sleeping on them
* When the skids are driving me crazy, I rest assured they are going back (most of the time I love having them here)
* I can laze about the house guilt-free when the skids aren’t here without being hassled
* I don’t have to share DH
* I don’t have to prepare proper meals if I don’t feel like it
* I can plan to have visitors when it is just us, or all 5 of us
What do you enjoy?
Stepparenting Course Bathurst 25th March 2010
This course looks at stages of becoming a step family and the difficulties that can be expected.
It aims to normalise the process and to help people move forward as well as giving participants a chance to share their experiences.
Read more…Stepparenting Course Bathurst 25th March 2010 – Wheretofindpedia
Feeling Trapped By Stepchildren
I need help. I’m married. I have 4 step-kids. I dislike two of them.
One of them (he is 5) tried to choke my 2-year-old. I have to pick them up every other weekend by order of the court (their Dad doesn’t have a license) and then I hide or leave the house as much as possible.
I love my kids and the other two step-kids. I just don’t get why I feel this way.
I also feel trapped. I feel 50 and I’m 25. I want to feel young again.
But I don’t have the money for a sitter and my Mom can’t help because she has had two major heart attacks, and right now she has a broken arm.
My husband’s Mom is a drunk so I won’t leave my kids with her. How can I feel young again and still have my kids with me? Please help.
Read more…Feeling Trapped By Stepchildren – Motherlode Blog – NYTimes.com
