Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
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That's why if I could do it
That's why if I could do it all over again I would never give a man with kids a second look. I was happier when I lived by that rule, then I decided to give it a chance after all I had a kid, and I sometimes wish I had not.
Oh. How nice. There's a
Oh. How nice. There's a reason why they instates the 65% rule, and that was because otherwise, it would turn all of them homeless.
Love it! I can't wait for my taxpayer dollars to go towards more welfare for these now completely broke fathers!
To answer your question, YES!
To answer your question, YES! They are both the coochie coo type even when they aren't warring. They think their spawn are the cutest things in shoe leather.
And what exactly has your
And what exactly has your sister done to better herself? What has SIL done to better herself? Sorry, but neither my husband nor I have college degrees and we constantly bust our behinds to do better, even with a special needs child. Yes, there have been many times we have been truly down, thanks to the crazy witch ex wife, but I continue to bust my a$$ every single day and every day it gets better. And most of the time, it has been ME supporting myself, my son and my DH.
My sister on the other hand has a college degree and has never made anywhere near what I make...I think some need to stop blaming the ex for living in a shit hole and start doing something to better themselves.
My first hubby (Peg's dad)
My first hubby (Peg's dad) has a PHd and is sitting in a one room apt, on SSD and has filed bankruptcy THRICE at the age of 56! I am a college dropout and have bettered myself by working like a pack mule!!
I guess I'm confused . . .
I guess I'm confused . . . what, exactly, does the sister's and sister's in law self betterment have to do with the fact that they were owed CS by deadbeat dads? I get that not dads all are, but in the previous post, clearly they were. Sorry, I've had my ass bitten by the CS bug, myself - DH pays far and above what he should based on his state's CS calculator - so I get what it feels like when it seems as thought a SM and NCP can't really move on in their own lives due to having to pay an extreme amt. of CS each month. But, I have also had the first hand privilege of not getting a single penny of CS from my bd's dad for over 10 years. Personally, I'm waiting with baited breath for the day his ass gets nailed to the wall.
Well, they have done without
Well, they have done without and live in a dump. Dad is partly to blame, but so is MOMMY. Period. If I worked and my DH didn't pay me CS, my son would still not live in a dump. It's easy to blame the other parent for not paying and claiming you live in a dump and your kids did without, while you do NOTHING to better yourself and get a good paying job.
my uncle recently got
my uncle recently got approved for SSI. his son will be getting a little over 500 a month in SS as his dependant child. i don't know if this is in place of cs or added to it. i didn't ask questions, i was just there when he told his son how much he will be getting in SS a month. i think it's crap to take everything a man has, he has to eat too! however, when it comes to a POS deadbeat like bd's sperm donor, who has never paid a dime, yet manages to be high all the time, i wouldn't feel a bit bad if everything he had went to bd and he starved to death. }:) i only think it's unfair to constantly stick it to fathers who are doing what they are supposed to, but somehow are seen as never doing enough.
I think in 90% of the cases,
I think in 90% of the cases, custody should be 50/50 with NO CS changing hands. Period.