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This set me off just before I left for work this morning....
The 30 yr old SD takes another stab at excluding me again!
She sent several e-mail with pictures- one of Grand-son on a toy motorbike, with the caption below....(youngest SD/BF and hubby/me all ride motorcycles.)
""OK - so Uncle Xxxxx, Auntie Xxxxx & Grandad aren't the only only riding these days...check out Xxxxxx's bike - and the tricks to boot 
My daughter and I had a long talk and unfortunately she is not as forgiving of my boyfriend as I, and rightfully so. She really didn't do anything wrong and is being punished more than his daughter, who caused this problem. I am hoping my daughter in time will learn to forgive my boyfriend, but blame really should be placed on the person who caused all this, his daughter. He has a hard time accepting that his daughter is at fault - she has been manipulating both her parents for 15 years and nothing is ever her fault!
Well this past weekend was much of the same. My daughter came to me upset because my boyfriend was still giving her the cold shoulder because of what his daughter did (she snuck out to be with her boyfriend that she is not supposed to be alone with and my daughter didn't tell on her). Meanwhile, I was out taking his daughter to her therapist. After my daughter came to me, I again addressed it with my boyfriend and it blew up into a huge argument.
I'm reading a batch of books right now about stepfamilies. I need help! As a lifelong reader I can breeze through 3 or 4 books a week, unless of course the house is falling apart or burning down. (life happens!)
I hope to post some reviews on this site if I find useful books for stepmoms and for blended families in general. I will probably only post the ones that are "positive" --- in other words I won't be warning you about what not to waste your money on. I'll try to focus on what's good and helpful.
Well, you know what - even she had a hard time being a step-mum in the movie! So we may not be big hollywood movie stars but as step-mums I think we do a darn good job at acting & being diplomatic!! It's the name of the game, isn't it!!
I need some advice. And I need a place where I can be honest because I don’t have that anywhere else. I’ve read a lot of what you’ve all written and I feel like I know and trust you all already.
I’m only 26 and I’m living with the most amazing man on Earth. He is very recently divorced and has joint custody of two bright and happy kids who are 3 and 6. I adore them. All three. But you all see this coming – the Ex is not happy about me in the picture.
I am finding a lot of dead ends trying to get help to pursue the charges against my SD because she is a minor and the fact that it is out of state. It is pretty annoying and frustrating that she is almost untouchable. But I am going to try and pull off a bluff and see if I can get an attorney to write a strong arm letter to fool biomom into as much compliance as possible. Otherwise, I'd have to wait until SD reaches 18 (February) to hit her with criminal/civil charges and even then, you can't make the criminal charges stick because of the cybercrimes and 4th amendment laws.
Okay so the calm before the storm, was I ever right. So the deal, we didn't get the kids on Thursday like we were supposed to, she finally did call my husband on Sunday and said that the kids didn't want to see us. Then she proceeded to make the claim that my husband beats his son, let me tell you, he has rcvd 2 spankings within a 3 year time period, how is that beating. Next we find out that Thursday he had a breakdown and they took him to the Dr b/c he wouldn't stop crying so the DR perscribes him (an 11 yr old) PROZAC...... HELP ME
Well, as per Yogi Berra, it's ain't over, till it's over. SD's apology on the internet post, was a big joke. She just directed it to society, that her comment was misconstrued. My husband had a fit when he came home and read it. He contacted biomom and they had a clashing battle on the phone Friday afternoon. It didn't resolve anything. I have to go take all the information to our local police department on Monday to file official criminal charges and then also consult with an attorney about civil charges for defamation of character.
So is it Sunday now and we have called a lot to try to get a hold of the kids, still haven't heard form them. I know that they are okay b/c sd called my sister in law to see if he could sleep over on Friday she told him her son was sleeping over my house but he never called us. He had a game yesterday and didn't call us, so we didn't go. I am really not sure what is going on. I told my husband that he better get a hold of her and let her have it. I know that they haven't been with her all weekend, which is crap. She shipped them off to her parent’s house since Thursday.