Imposing consequences they have no intention of keeping.

"if you don't do X, I'll take away Y."

When you know, and the bio kids know, and probably random strangers listening know the bio parent will never take away Y.

At 12 yo why can't SS walk there himself!

THe first one that comes to mind is the first weekend BF had to work when we had the sbrats I drove him to work since we only have 1 car, she asks BF well did she take sbrats with her when she drove you to work? UMMMMM No!! Like I would really leave your misbehaved kids home with my 14yo son and 11 yo daughter. He should have said yea she duct taped them to a chair SMH. I hate this woman!

Telling SD14 inappropriate, untruthful information that's meant to turn SD against DH & me. She uses just enough of the truth to make it sound reasonable, and the poison then works.

And, in general, just anything to try to make our lives full of drama and chaos.

BM and the kids call me the "whore" and the "bitch." She is the one who had multiple affairs, the kids know this. She did drugs, dropped out of high school. I have a Master's degree and do not even drink. It is pretty funny.

But, the abuse my FDH suffered at all of their hands is so sad. The "kids" are 19, 20, 23. Right now, BM is getting nervous bc she is about to lose CS-her ONLY source of income. So, she has the kids trying to guilt FDH through texts and Facebook messages. No one works (his daughter does, but part time), so they have to be getting anxious. She is also telling them she and FDH should be back together. All my FDH was to them, is to them, is a source of money. I expect that once CS actually ends, she will get really nutty and put them into full-force guilting mode. We are getting married in a couple of weeks, and they do not know the details. I expect her to also try the guilting method after the find out about the wedding. Her tactics are not gonna work. FDH has had it. They have basically told him they do not want to work, and expect him to support them. They want to move in here, too, in my tiny little house. Also never gonna happen. The one good thing is they are all so lazy that they probably would be worse, but they don't like to interrupt sleeping and video games to make an effort to do more than text and email.

BD and I don't speak at all pretty much. We have had 2 protective orders, and he currently owes about $24,000 in back child support, along with him having "supervised" visits. But he WILL call and text and PRETEND to be nice around contempt of court hearing time. And also on the week that he wants to take BD to his family camping trip, which he is not allowed to do because it's not on the visitation schedule, and it's not supervised. He thinks that one of these days I am going to fall for his BS and forgive all the back support and let him take her camping. Like after all these years I don't know how he operates, and one forcibly civil text or phone call is going to undo the reality that he only speaks to my when there is something he wants, otherwise I am a crazy bi-polar whore who is unfit to have my child.