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Update...does anyone remember me?!

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It's been almost a year since I was last here on StepTalk. I stopped posting because I was pregnant & dealing with endless stress from our situation with BM. I desperately needed to pretend that I wasn't dealing with the crap I had been dealing with in order to enjoy some of my pregnancy. And it worked...for maybe a month! Now I'm extremely busy with a 7-month-old, but I need to vent to someone other than my mom or husband once in a while. I think what I really need is the input/opinions/support.

New show "Modern Family" -- funny, but realistic view on being a stepparent....

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There's a new show on ABC called "Modern Family" & by chance we watched it the other night. The grandfather (Jay) on the show is played by Ed O'Neill (best known as Al Bundy on "Married...with Children) & he recently married a much younger woman who has a young son (Manny). There was a great scene where Jay & Manny are working on a project together just before Manny's father comes to pick him up to take him to Disney World. Manny is going on & on about how wonderful his father is.

LONG week...my turn to be grumpy!

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Ever since our court date last week, things have been kind of tense around the house. At first we did a lot of venting about the whole thing. Then after BM once again shot down my husband's request to change the meeting place AND sent us a letter in the mail that was so full of the usual lies & now sucking up to the judge, we vented to each other about that for a day or two. We also got a letter from the court with our next court date...November 24th.

Just for fun -- Is there a celebrity or anyone on TV that BM looks like?

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We recently got Dish Network after not having TV for several years & have gotten into this show on A&E called "Hoarders". Well, after "Hoarders" is a show called "Paranormal State". We've seen parts of it & I almost fell off the couch when I saw one of the girls on the show. Her name is "Eilfie" & my God, she is a dead ringer for BM!!! She's short, kind of chunky (or at least wears unflattering clothes or something), wears lots of black, has piercings, wears way too much dark makeup (kind of goth looking), has these big, ruddy cheeks & has dark hair.

Why do we keep trying to even work with someone as unreasonable as BM?

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So Wednesday evening (the day after our court date), my husband typed up a letter to BM explaining that he wanted to change the drop-off/pick-up place to a half-way place between our homes. Currently, we're driving 25 minutes to the parking lot across from BM's boyfriend's apartment, while BM walks across the street. The place he picked is maybe between 5-10 minutes from where we currently meet, however, it is closer to us & more convenient. He chose this location based on Google maps, so it is a very fair choice, almost perfectly in between our homes.

Today is court day for us!

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I'm really antsy & nervous this morning. I've never had to go to court before. I've been IN the court here because I work for the Sheriff's Dept. & go over there occasionally. Our deputies work there, too, so it's all connected. ANYWAY...in about an hour my husband will meet me here at work & we'll be heading over. Can't wait to get this over with already!!! Wish us luck!

(If you don't know our story, read some of my blogs & you'll be filled in...)

Do you think this will hurt BM in court?

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So yesterday we got 2 envelopes from the court. One was telling us that our court date is the 15th & that this would be a very short (15 minutes) appearance in front of the judge, more than likely to explain briefly what is going on. The other was a denial to BM's latest motion...get ready for this...BM requested that she do a conference call rather than "travel over an hour" to the court!!! My mouth dropped open! Yet another example of how BM acts like she's more important than everyone else. And also, in the copy of BM's motion are several blatant lies.

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