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flintstonegarden's picture

Ok in the opinion of others is giving the SK their own phone for calling their mom, grandparents, aunts, and uncles a good thing. I'm talking a land line without a long distance calling plan. I considered getting them their own cell phone but I don't like the idea of them being able to video call their mom and her being able to see what's going on in our home etc. My BK kids have a landline for talking to their BD but he and I get along and he isn't looking for ammunition to use against me.

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BethAnne's picture

Why do they need their own landline? Why don't you share the main house one? Same with your kids, why did they need a dedicated line to call their dad on? I think I'm missing something here.

flintstonegarden's picture

My BK landline is currently the only landline in the house. I personally don't need a landline because I have a cell but being a paramedic my cell comes with me to work making it unavailable to them. My kids BD also pays half the landline bill. I don't my BK answering the phone if it BM on the other end. She isn't very nice lady and I don't want to risk her making some disrespect comment to them or for that matter them saying something she'll take as an insult. I also don't want BM or SK tying up the line when my kids dad tries to contact them. my ex talks to our kids everyday and will phone multiple times so that each of our kids feels like he phoned just to talk them individually instead of passing the phone off to the next kid.

lac925's picture

SD11 has her own cell phone that BM got her (don't know why because she always ends up taking it away for bad behaviour!) and I'll say "NO", it's never a good thing.

Twice this week, SD11 has called her mom on us - the first time was for me telling her to use headphones if she wants to listen to vulgar music, which her mom agreed with me on (Score 1 for the StepMom!)...the 2nd time, she called her mom saying she wanted to come home because SHE hurt my son and one of his friends :/ i bet she made herself out to be the victim, not the 2 EIGHT-yr-olds that she hurt...for no reason whatsoever!

Both times, for once, ended in OUR favour because BM knows how she can be.

flintstonegarden's picture

BM is pulling the " they wont let me talk to my kids when they are there, and wont let the kids say hi when they see me in public" card. She is also demanding "through lawyers" the existing landline number which belongs to my BK and is partly paid for by their BD. Getting the second landline for the step kids is to shut her up on both complaints. With that said BM doesn't let my SO talk to the kids when they are with her and she didn't even let the kids phone him on fathers day or his birthday.