Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
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awe man that sucks! Oh yea
awe man that sucks! Oh yea the kids want to see us huh because we get along so great! lol
This is actually the first
This is actually the first summer I will enjoy in forever because skids have PAS'd out and no longer come. So no more constant messes and laying around eating. Also no more "I'm bored, can you take me to spend all your money on my ungrateful self?" So excited.
It sounds like our BM's are
It sounds like our BM's are very similar. BM made such a monster out of SD5 by the time she was 3 that she willingly gave up custody.
Of course in my case BM creates a mess, dumps it on us to fix, and then bitches about how we fix it.
That blows my mind.
I guess this BM can't handle
I guess this BM can't handle it either. She has two kids and keeps the younger one and ships off my BF son to us. The younger is a way bigger brat then my BF's. Glad that one isn to our problem
ugh! lucky my summer will be
ugh! lucky my summer will be full of messes, rude and disrespectful behavior, stinky little skid because boy never shower and of course a waste of money. Skids bday falls during summer break as well
BM better not try to make his bday party a joint one.
I disagree. As a full time
I disagree. As a full time bio and full time stepmother, I have seen both sides.
I have to live in a more expensive place to have both kids in the best school possible. Rent does not go down just because they are not here. DS will see his dad for about 10 days thus summer. When SD14 use to go between the dad and mo s hine, at no time did we think "Sd is with her mom more this month, we should pay her less.
CS is a monthly payment. Period. The same every month.
This BM will never help BF
This BM will never help BF with money even the skid spends 95 percent of the time with him. She will never meet him half way to pick her son up. She only has her son for like one or two days max out the week. Now that its summer time he will prob never be with her until about a month goes by and she demands to see him and spend a week with him.
My step kids are with us half
My step kids are with us half the time anyway so it's not too different. The only issue I have had is that I am a teacher so my hubby and even sister in law seemed to think that when I have a break from my students, I want to watch their kids all day. No! I had to nip that real fast. Only my bio daughter is allowed to be home with me in the summer.