FDH honestly has no clue on how to handle SD6's jealousy. She is supremely jealous. Hits and kicks BD2 for no reason. Is constantly taking things away. You'd think this kid has never played with other kids before. It causes a thick presence of tension in the house. I don't know if there's anything I can do to help FDH cope with it, especially since he's sensitive about her. He knows she's downright rotten. So how do I deal with it? Is it even possible for me to deal with him not dealing with it? :? It's tiring.

BM wanted to try doing 5 days off, 5 days on like her boyfriend does. It's been two days and SD is already back. FML.

We all just had an awesome time. Spent 9 days in the mountains of Georgia swimming, tubing, hiking, eating, and just plain relaxing. We rented a huge cabin with a beautiful mountain view and a hot tub. Almost every night was spent in that hot tub with wine glass in hand watching the sunset. It was gorgeous, we all feel recuperated, and FDH and I feel closer than ever. Bonus is SD not coming with us!!! I spent two weeks without her and it was great.

So we all come from a pretty small town. Everyone at least knows names and faces of most people in town. I went to high school with BM's new boyfriend and his ex. BM went to our same school but is a couple years younger. BM's new boyfriend's ex and I used to hang out in the same crowd. We don't really know each very well and have never really hung out at all outside of school. FDH knows her through some connection between his dad and her dad;they worked together or something of that nature. We are all FB friends, except between BM and I, and BM and her boyfriend's ex.