JC PENNY COMMERICAL

I want to like it- but i dont.

I guess because i tried bonding with ss, over little things, but it would not end on a happy note.

This commerical makes me want to walk in and tell her to stop- dont think "this small win" (as they are calling it) will help anything!

The worst is the comments!

I get even more hurt and angry as stepmoms are all writing how its a great commerical because of their wonderful step- sorry BONUS children...and how their bonus family is so great, and its not about the money you spend on them...blah blah blah...

I feel upset like i did not have a wall up, i tried all kinds of stuff with ss, and he will not let me in...i tried the "taking him shopping" only thing that happened was if i said i liked it- he told me why he hated it...ugh this commercial brings up bad memories...thanks jc penny.

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Oh dear. I should not watch

Oh dear. I should not watch this or it will dredge up bad memories of OSD, I'm sure.

What's even more frustrating to me is the entire construct of the commercial...like somehow stepmoms are supposed to just keep trying and trying and trying...looking for a moment of connection or the slightest nod of approval from some little snot. It's just so offensive and insulting...infantalizing. Why aren't the children working to win OUR approval?

I haven't seen it yet. Anyone

I haven't seen it yet. Anyone have a link to it?

I cringed at this commercial.

I cringed at this commercial. I can't find it now so I don't remember all the details.

But I do know that if I decided to buy SD8 a full wardrobe from Penny's just to suck up to her, I definitely wouldn't get any appreciation for it.

In fact, I'd probably get a little bitch tantrum from BM. Because while handing BM extra money "for school clothes" is acceptable - taking SD shopping is not.

SD would be as ungrateful as ever.

But nothing like trying to buy some love.

(And reminding stepmoms that they MUST please the skid at all times!)

When commercials like this

When commercials like this air, I always want to know who they pulled in to their focus groups before airing it (provided that they did that). Or see what polling data they used to show that this is a "thing" that happens frequently enough to grow your business.

Actually, forget the commercial. I just want to see a national poll of how many people have wonderful "bonus" family stories and how many have "step" family stories. It can't be sunshine and rainbows for the vast majority of the population, can it?

Haha last time I took SS

Haha last time I took SS shopping, the shoes we bought magically didn't fit anymore after he went back to BM's house and we're never see again or we're sent back and never worn again. We never saw the clothes again if he went to BM's after school and he would get sent to our house in nasty ratty clothing or suddenly he wouldnt like the clothes anymore. So you ya know what? Penny':a can shove thier bonus children happy blended family bull right up their marketing teams a**. Along with those "blended family" jerseys that one self righteous BM posted on Facebook a few months ago that went viral.

This. That's why DH and I

This.

That's why DH and I don't buy SD nice clothes anymore. And it's not like they just don't come back from BM's house, like the clothes will still get worn, just DON'T LET DAD TAKE IT BACK!

They literally disappear at BM's house. Like thrown away because "mama didn't like them." What a massive waste.

If DH had closer to 50/50, maybe it's be different.

There was plenty of cheap clothes out there that look nice, but BM hasn't found them. Sometimes it feels like she purposely dresses SD in horrendously ugly clothes.

I feel like when they can all

I feel like when they can all hangout together, one of the women in the relationship are off, im not saying "crazy" but maybe doormat-ish, like low self esteem.

A-MEN!!!!!

I will never again buy winter

I will never again buy winter coats for SD12 or SS10, unless BM is dead or out of the picture. 2 years in a row I went sale shopping with my mother and picked up really nice winter coats for both kids. Dual-layered, outdoor winter hiking style winter coats. Both years the jackets went unworn because BM told the kids they weren't warm enough and gave the kids cheapo coats from Walmart. Then BM claimed in court that DH refused to provide basic necessities like coats for the kids and that she needed more CS to pay for those things. The coats were still in our closet and because I'm a paperwork hoarder, we still had the receipts for the coats showing the original date of purchase. DH offered to show the GAL proof that he'd purchased coats and that BM was lying, but the GAL told DH he was being petty. :?

So if BM can take the cost of the kids winter coats out of her budget. I'm not doing it. Nope. Never again.

This sounds so familiar. I

This sounds so familiar. I used to work in retail and bought SD a nice backpack that she picked out herself. She would come over after school to do homework and wasn't using it. Guess what? BM decided it was too small even though SD has A/B days and a locker. It was not too small. Clothes would also never return to our house so we don't buy "extras" anymore. Good thing BM lives under the illusion that DH is a deadbeat.

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