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What are the chances SD19 will actually stay out of my life?
We are moving out of state in a few short weeks. SD19 is not coming with, as she's in college and is NOT welcome in our house. I haven't spoken two words to the brat for several years and I am fine with that. Obviously DH and SD19 are as well, as they've made no effort whatsoever to change the situation.
Tee hee, SD19 is getting big as a house
SD19 was always overweight as a child and I seemed to be the only one concerned. Nobody but me tried to get her to eat fruits and vegetables, and I was "mean" for doing it. So I gave up. If all DH and BM and SD wanted her eating was chicken strips and french fries for lunch and dinner and pop tarts for breakfast, so be it. She literally went like eight meals in a row of just chicken strips and french fries, and when she and DH frequented their favorite Chinese place, she NEVER got a single vegetable or fruit. It was ALL meat and fried foods.
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My Mother's Day gets mixed reviews, and here's why
OK, let me just say that I realize I may be petty here. I had a good Mother's Day overall. Woke up to breakfast in bed from DH and my two BDs. I already knew this was happening because I had to buy the food to make it happen, but it was still nice. I got presents from both BDs, and here's where it gets less than great. Everything I got from BD8 and BD5, with the exception of their handmade gifts, was kind of junky. A crappy bouquet of fake roses that just looked bad, know what I mean? A tiny bath sponge that fell apart the first time I tried to use it.
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Ah, memories
So I'm packing up for our move and come across a box full of papers. I start looking through it to figure out what it is and find all these papers that say "I hate you." What are they, you ask? Things SD posted on her door while living with us, all directed at me, saying how much she hates me. And DH kept them. Why?!
So I pull them out and read them and relive the fond memories. My mom is there, so I read them to her. I'm sure she loved hearing how a child told her daughter "You suck" "I hate you" "My mom is so much better than you in every way" etc.
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I no longer care, but I AM curious
When SD started college, BM told DH that she didn't want him paying for any classes in which SD got a C or worse (point being SD is incredibly lazy and typically does only the minimum to get by, and for once BM wanted to hold SD accountable for her behavior). DH talked a big game of agreeing with her, but I know him and I can't imagine him actually holding SD responsible for anything.
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BD8 stuck to it and got her money from DH. So proud of her.
DH, BD8 and I all hashed out the little debacle over her working to earn extra money while I was out of town. He only agreed to pay her $7 and she did several bigger things, like vacuuming out his truck. He complained that she specifically told him she wanted the money to buy books and that's the only reason he agreed to pay her "so much." But BD8 kept after him and got her money after all. I was pretty proud of her for standing up to her daddy and not getting trampled on. Maybe she'll come out of this step situation OK after all!
No WONDER SD thinks it's her and DH against me
I had to go look for a place for us to live out of state (we're moving) and I chose a day when both of my two BDs would be at an all-day camp. DH was to pick them up in the evening and I would be home shortly thereafter. DH was going to work on getting our house in order to sell (painting, etc.).
Check his texts and see he texted SD19 to meet up. He said, "What are you going Saturday? Elizabeth is out of town and BDs are at camp all day." Are you kidding me?! There's nobody here to tell us what to do, so let's get together and go crazy! Way to act like a DAD moron.
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Is doing the FAFSA for them a stepkid thing or an all kids thing?
I see a lot of parents on here discussing doing vs not doing the FAFSA for their kids. DH just completed SD19's FAFSA for her sophomore year. I just find this odd. I KNOW I filled out my own FAFSA every year. Even so, I can maybe see "helping" with it the first year, but after that, shouldn't an adult person with the initiative to attend college also be able to fill this thing out on their own? Especially if the parent's compensation hasn't changed? How many of you are still doing your kids' FAFSAs?
Remind me again who DH is married to?
Because I'm not sure he remembers. We went looking for a house this weekend and all weekend DH was texting SD19 our every move. They were joking back and forth about where we are moving to. I was to the point where if I saw him pull out that phone to text SD19 one more time, I was going to throw it out the window at a high rate of speed as we were driving down the highway. She is a GROWN WOMAN and NOT your wife. Why are you communicating OUR every move to her?
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Does DH think playing ignorant will serve SD19 well in real life?
SD19 has always been one of those people to put in minimal effort. When she was younger and I would ask her to do something really simple and straightforward, she would flat out tell me she was "too dumb" to figure it out. That way, she'd get out of it/someone else would do it for her. If you ask me, you have NO SHAME if you'd rather people think you were dumb as a rock rather than do a simple task, but anyway.