So when asked about my family, I say I have a husband and 1 son. Its the truth. I never mention my skids. We have them 40% of the time and frankly its just not my 'family'. If they are brought up, I make it clear they are not mine and only DS's HALF siblings. I know this can sound harsh but at the end of the day, my concern/focus/worry is my son and husband. Am I alone in this? Even my husband has left it as just the 3 of us. We have discussed and he will say but we are a family of 5. Well to him we are, but to me we are a family of 3.

It has been years since I've been on here as I felt I needed to step away. But now I feel that I have NO where to turn. My DH have been together for 7.5 years now and also now have a DS2 who is my world. I am a stay at home luckily. But I am too the point of disgust with my SS13 & SS9. I don't like them at my house, I prefer for them to not interact with my DS, I just enjoy life when they are not involved and when they come around, I am MISERABLE. It sounds horrible but its true!!

SS9 needs braces and a lot of work. He has been to the dentist about 7 times in the past 4 mos doing all the prep work. Today was the day, where they discuss the cost and timeline. We carry the insurance for the skids. And BM said she was going to add them to her insurnace so they have double coverage and eliminates co-pays, BUT never did. So its going to cost $1800 out of pocket for phase one and phase two isnt covering but thats about 18-20 mos away.

Okay so on top of SS5 losing his manners, I'm flat out tired of him telling me Mommy can do this or that. I watch SS5 one night a wk while SS8 and DH are at Boy Scouts. So SS5 starts asking me questions. He asked why I have a the type of dog I do (BM bought a dog after the boys went home and always talked about my dog). So not thinking anything of it, I said b/c he's the best kind of dog to have, he protects us, he's lovable, he listens, etc. So then he asks me why I drive the car I do (I drive a nice sports car, BM drives a clunker).