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1st blog...confused!!!

non_mom23's picture

1st I'm happy to have found this site, I always and still kind of do feel alone when it comes to my situation. My husband, MG, and I have been married for 2 yrs, he has an 8 y/o, AG, from a previous "fling" you could call it. AG doesn't have much contact with her mother, a.k.a. the Socio. AG lives with us full-time. I'm basically the "mother" figure in her life and this is really taking a toll on me. I don't have any children myself and this is a hard role for me to fill.

10 most wanted

Chel Bell's picture

Saw this on yahoo news, a poster put out by the D.O.R. here in Ma. with pictures of the 10 most wanted" deadbeat dad's" wanted for failing to pay CS. The list topper was from Plymouth, and has fled the state of Ma. to Florida (that gave me a laugh), and now they can't find him. It is upsetting to see so many "run-away dads", makes me wonder why, as we know sometimes how hard it is for some fathers who do pay on time all the time....but they still do it. I also wonder why they don't have a poster made up of "dead beat" BM's or, why you never really hear about that???

Court Yesterday...

Colorado Girl's picture

First of all...I truly appreciate all my friends who have followed my not so stepparent related story, and kept me in your thoughts and prayers. From the bottom of my heart...thank you.

So ultimately, it got continued until March 3rd (next week). Not because either of us requested it, but simply because we ran out of time.

I am going crazy and amazingly has nothing to do with bm or sk's

yesican's picture

Well this is the first time I have posted a blog, but I totally feel helpless right now and I need some advice. Last week at my bd's (11) parent teacher conference we talked about her being autistic. I know this is not the end of the world, I am just having a really hard time with this. She is developmentally delayed and has seisure disorder.She was also diagnosed anorexic last year do to the fact that she is 11 and weighs 60 pounds, she has actually dropped below the 5th percentile on the height weight chart.

Just want your opinions

ferretmom's picture

H has had custody of sd since she was 4 and we got married when she was 10. In the 6yrs between it has become apparent that the majority of the time sd was either with her grandmother, an aunt or a sitter. When he talks about that time it's always about going on fishing trips and parties. Never about activities that the two of them did or events concerning sd. Also I get the impression that H was a man ho. When he does talk about sd at that age it's always about what kind of trouble she caused at school and other public places. The scary thing is that it's always with pride.

I feel hope again.

MSloan86's picture

Recently I have really tried to be expressive to my DW about my feelings and thoughts about our marriage and our difficulties. I pointed out things I had been doing all along, and did my best to explain why I was pushing for certain things in regards to handling SD13.
Also earlier in the month for her BDay and Valentines Day I tired to send the message of how much I cared for her and SD, how much I wanted to make things work.
DW had but up a fairly tough wall due to our differences with SD. There had been no physical intimacy for an extremely long time.

Not taking SS on vacation...

melis070179's picture

Do any of you ever take vacations without the SKs? Here's my situation: usually SS comes here for 7-10 in the summer...but this year MIL wants us to go to their state this summer for a week for my DHs grandpa's 80th birthday, which I have unhappily agreed to (I hate going to their podunk town & all the hassles of traveling 14 hrs in a car with small children) So, this year we are not flying SS out here, since we will be making the trip there.

Step 2 ~ Communications with Miss Piggy

Chel Bell's picture

Well aside from everything els I have going on, DH and I talked last night about when and how to communicate with BM (Miss Piggy),(relating back to a past post of what animal would BM be/resemble) about having the skids come here for their visit. My MIL has not said anything about talking to BM (i don't think she really wants to), and that's o.k., it is up to us to do it really, I understand, but DH is dragging a little on this.

WOO HOO - THERE ~IS~ A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE STEP TUNNEL !!

stepwitch's picture

Everybody sitting down????

So, sd has been dating this guy from the air force. Seems to be a real nice clean cut guy. Well he comes over last Friday to ask DH permission to ask Sd hand in marriage.

Now..both of think 19 is way too young for marriage-but what to you do? Forbid it - ya right! So permission granted. The best news is after the marriage they both will be going to Germany...did y'all hear that? Sounds awesome my sd in Germany and married to good guy. What this fella didn't understand is that we just wanted to jump up to hug him and thank him. Hehe

Supervising skids during the summer or long breaks from school....whadda ya do???

lil_teapot's picture

I'm trying to be proactive and get some good advice from y'all before things get outta hand here.
FH works 3rd shift so he sleeps during the day. BM is a bm who couldn't be bothered so she pawns the skids off on us during the days "cuz she works." (Gag me!!) So, skids run amok while fh is trying to sleep whenever they're off school.

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