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Help! SD12 annoys me badly.
I know it's just typical pre-teen crap that I'm dealing with, but I was wondering if anyone has any coping strategies or anything that can help me here.
She's a good kid. Makes excellent grades and does everything we tell her too without (much) complaint. There's just some typical attitude and behaviors that really get on my nerves. They seem rather petty when I list them, but they get to me and I'm trying to find a way to keep them from getting to me.
Here's some examples:
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Oh darn BM, that's too bad you don't get to make up your own rules. Have fun getting audited!
BM claimed the skids on her taxes although DH has primary custody and they are with us two-thirds of the time. So, I mailed our paper return yesterday with the kids on it and I know it's going to take like six months to get it sorted out, but BM is in for a nasty surprise and I can't WAIT!
Why the marriage gap is bad for America
An interesting, though brief article seeing as how so many of us here struggle financially. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/16/ward.sears.marriage/index.html?ere...
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The loveliest sentiment O/T (sorta)
I just responded to a blog and recommended the poster let go of that they cannot control. As I was about to hit save, I was handed a letter to the editor from a coworker and it just said this:
John Wesley said,
"Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
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The mystery of the gluttonous sandwich that made and partially ate itself.
So, we had a whodunnit last night. After a completely fun-filled family weekend which included a HUGE cookout yesterday afternoon, we returned home for some much needed rest before the work/school week.
At about 5 p.m. DH and I retire to our bedroom to watch a DVD and nap. We were both completely exhausted from a very over scheduled weekend of activities. DH and I tell the kids, since we all just had such a ginormous wonderful meal, fend for yourselves and make a sandwich for dinner if you get hungry.
V i-i-i-ic TORYeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
I recently posted a blog (which I have since deleted because of all the detailed info in it) with a letter of complaint I submitted to the AG's office.
DH got a court order in May zeroing out his CS balance because he's had custody of the kids for two years with no CS from BM. It was a sizable sum. This debt had held us in financial limbo and was keeping us from filing our last three tax returns so the money wouldn't go to BM.
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Interesting article "Why Parents Hate Parenting"
Somebody mentioned the other day that parents are generally less happy than people without children. Here's an indepth article from New York Magazine exploring that theory.
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a new Stepparent movie
I saw a trailer for a soon to be released movie I'd really like to see called "Cyrus." It seems like it deals with the nightmares of dealing with an adult stepchild. The two "parents" are played by John C. Reilly and Marissa Tomei and the stepkid is that chubby guy from Superbad. From what I gathered from the trailer it seems to be done in a comical, yet real and touching way. Sort of like "The Squid and the Whale" which if you haven't seen that - it's an awesome look at a marriage with children that breaks up and how they all deal with it.
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Help! I have the urge to set BM straight on something!
BM called DH the other day to tell him that SD11 wanted to go on a trip with her friend. While talking to him, she said, "Tell stepmasochist to stay out of business with my family. She got (BM's brother)'s phone number from (BM's brother's ex) to call him and ask why we aren't getting along."
Okay, first of all, that PRESUMPUTIOUS bi0tch!
Children and the Internet
So SD11 tells me her mom let her get a facebook account. I told her I really didn't think that was appropriate for someone her age. She said she begged and begged and begged her mom until she gave in. (Oh, so she said no initially and then caved - definitely not doing the kid any favors there.)
SD said there were all kinds of stipulations on it, like she can't put a picture of herself on it and she can only friend people she knows. Neither DH nor I really want to friend her because we don't want BM in our business. She hasn't asked so, whatever. BUT ...
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