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In dealing with the BM for 2 years, I realized I've become a LOT more cynical, and opening my eyes as to how some people show their true colors, after that "friendly facade" comes crumbling down.
I'm learning quite a few lessons from my husband's ex wife. They share a 6 year old son.
I learned that when my husband gave his ex-wife the nickname, "Money-Me" (aka, $MM$) it was dead-on accurate. She cares only about her self and money, but who knows which order?!
I've been dating my long time friend of almost 8 years who is 26 and has a 3 year old daughter. The little girls mother was with my boyfriend for 5 years. They never really got along, infact she only had the baby to keep him close to her, but they broke up in January. I have been seeing him since May, at first dealing with the little girls mom was the first big hump for me, I've dealt with that, she knows im going to be with him forever, and we are on a frienly level now, but the girl calls him 24/7, for the most ridiculous reasons..
Hello everyone
I’m new here, have been reading some of the posts for a while, and have taken great comfort in knowing I am not the only one with the type of feelings I have been experiencing.
I really need advice on this subjsect....
This weekend we're supposed to go camping. Okay, sounds great, but my 16 y/o BD is not feeling well and she gets kinda bored when we go camping anyway. Usually, she'll just stay home and we go without her, but this weekend I would rather stay with her and let FH go with the skids. Whenever we go camping all I ever hear is "can we drive the golf cart?" "can we go to the store?" "whose turn is it to drive the golf cart?" "she drove the last time!" "she drove for 42 more seconds than I did!"
Hi!
First of all, wow! I didn't know there was a place for this but I'm sooo glad there is!
I've been married a year and a half and am getting a little fed up with the Skid situation. Please see bio.
I think there should be a little more respect for boundaries and a little more truth for the kids in regards to who belongs to whom, what that implies. and I'm not talking spilling all the dirty details, but I think kids are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.
Every Saturday my SS has a soccer game, and my husband makes a point to attend all of them. However this Saturday I have a memorial service to attend and I would like my husband to be there. My SS lives with his BM primary and comes to see us every other weekend, this weekend he is with her. When I expressed my feeling to my husband he said he feels like I'm making him choose between his son and me. I hate feeling like some how I'm the bad guy because I need my husband. I feel like my husband and his ex-wife are the one that broke their family up.
I think I am getting extremely close to moving on with my life. At times I think the bleneded family concept was never for me, but at other times I feel like my wife has not at all supported me or renforced the fact that we can do this together. I know I am a good loving Man, but cannot give all I have to an unloving, unemotional, unaffectionate and unkind woman. This is some peoples personality make-up....I understand that, however does that mean to accept and endure...I'm not sure about that!
My dh is paying cs, now his checks total a whopping $904.00 a month to go towards or monthly bills, food, etc. Well BM has been providing lunches on Wednesday nights (our night for visitation) to take to school on Thursday morning. She informed DH last night, in front of the kids, that he needs to provide their lunches on Thursday's because it is his day. We live in Kansas and our court order only states cs and medical expenses (60% of what is not covered).
As someone that got into debt and pulled herself out (18 months now without a debt to my name bar the student loan!) I can be quite touchy about money, especially the amount that my OH can spend on his son.
Reading some of the blogs & forum posts on here it's clear to me that money can often be an issue in blended families - some kids may have more material things than others, arguments over paying out of joint accounts for big items for skids etc.
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