And counseling it is.

I swear by all that is holy that the kid is a sociopath. Rewind to May 7th and I warned all of the SKids - "Ruin Mother's Day and watch me go to work. You will be stunned at the outcome and there will be no end to the misery I will bring."

So - what happened? My DW, who I love insanely and I swear must at times feel like she is going to snap, had to put up with 2 kids that acted like absolute MONSTERS. SASS (was SS13 but now is my only Stupid Ass Step Son) decided he was going to screw with and piss off anyone that he could. He had to have actively made this decision or else I would say he is, by his very nature, evil. In all of this, he decides that he is going to raise the ire of his older sister, who is in general a great kid, but has some anger management issues. 'Twas a 50 megaton nuclear bomb that went off in our house over the weekend. I can't even begin to describe what a cancer this kid is to the family. His own siblings remark how peaceful it is when he isn't around - EVERY TIME HE IS NOT AROUND.

But I can't watch and be disengaged anymore. It's wrecking my wife and therefor my marriage. He goes to counseling or or I will need to disengage even more... maybe from the whole thing. I can't go out and make friends because I can't bear to expose people to this dysfunction. The tension level in the house is terrible and there are times when I can literally feel toxins flowing through my blood in response to my anger (disengaging ain't working).

My two bios - far from perfect, but on the whole, will turn out to be decent people. They are polite and respectful. If I want them to do something, I get COMPLIANCE, sans bitching. And that's all that I ask. Do what you are told, don't screw with people - you know, Golden Rule kinda stuff.

So it's off to counseling...