Ways to Get Rid of Your Step Kids

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A lot of step parents (and parents in general) have problems getting their kids to leave the nest or have problems with their teenage step kids and want them gone. I feel like my life is on hold waiting for my boyfriend’s sons to finally leave home so we can move in together.

Since a lot of us are in the same boat, I put together some suggestions on how to get rid of annoying step kids:

- If your adult skids keep saying they can’t find a job, make sure they know there are plenty of job opportunities in Alaska and North Dakota.

- Advocate the advantages of going to boarding school. They can learn to be independent and it’s like Hogwarts!

- Encourage your skids to be foreign exchange students! You can even replace them for the year with interesting non-skids from other countries.

- Make your house all vegan. No meat or animal products are allowed to be consumed/worn.

- Encourage them to be all that they can be in the military and let them know that being stationed overseas is such a wonderful opportunity to travel.

- Tell them joining the Peace Corps looks good on their resume.

- Running off and joining the circus can be fun!

Any other ideas?

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When you have sex, be as LOUD

When you have sex, be as LOUD as possible.

LOL!

HA!!!

Love it....so will DH!

SS is a perv here and would

SS is a perv here and would probably be listening in.

Is this a joke?

Please lighten up! Of course

Please lighten up! Of course it is a joke. If we can instill a little humor into a situation that we are having a hard time with it makes it easier to deal with.

Is your question a joke?

Is your question a joke? Seriously, lighten up.

I for one, appreciate all the ideas posted. LOL.

Actually, once they're

Actually, once they're adults...it's no longer a joke. Plenty of adult skids living up under mommy and daddy's wing....

Adults skids living at home

Adults skids living at home is no laughing matter.

I found that just no longer

I found that just no longer taking her crap had a trickle down effect, leading to her out of my house....

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I always joke about her 18th

I always joke about her 18th b-day present......a u-haul full of boxes....she laughes........she thinks I am joking!! }:)

DH's kid constantly brings up

DH's kid constantly brings up her graduation present, meaning she wants DH to finance a fabulous trip for her. The last time she brought it up I laughed and laughed until she dropped the subject.

How about going Amish?

I watched a TV programme

I watched a TV programme about the Amish recently - they were playing host to some English kids visiting. Apart from the rampant religion - their way of life really appealed to me. Do they take in middle-aged English SM refugees?

They might, but you could

They might, but you could never use StepTalk again!

Kes - I thought I was the

Kes - I thought I was the only one! Their way of life seems so peaceful and productive and respectful. It really appeals to me - especially with all the stress in my life right now. Physically hard work and no conveniences - but in an atmosphere where people were actually nice to me - sounds like the most wonderful thing on earth!

Unfortunately I am agnostic so that would be a rather BIG stumbling block but maybe I could find a way to work around it? If you ever figure out that part let me know. Maybe they can start a program for us "refugees" - if only for a few weeks of peace here and there!

Sign me up for the Amish

Sign me up for the Amish experience.

Don't buy the Amish bit

I hate to tell you, but the reality of the Amish is not quaint at all.

Many of the Amish, do, indeed have phones, credit card machines, and many other conveniences we are told they eschew. They drink alcohol and party. None of that is such a big deal -- how many Catholics do you know who actually "save themselves" for marriage and then only have one or two kids???

But there are bigger issues with the Amish... Child and sexual abuse are easily concealed in this "closed" society. When they are found out, their Amish victims ask the DAs not to sentence the men to prison, so these perpetrators go right back into the closed society from which they were briefly outted.

However, the Amish don't bother to hide their animal abuse much -- they are notorious operators of the country's worst puppy mills, and they beat those horses like drums on the hottest and coldest days. Once I thought my state had finally caught up with a local Amishman who always managed to skirt the dog laws. In the end, when it appeared he would have to vaccinate his hundreds of breeder dogs or shut down his dog farm, he shot every single dog dead -- it was just a huge pile of dead dogs when I got there. All those years those dogs served him and made him a fortune and when they were going to cost him a little money, he shot 'em dead. Usually when they get in jams with the law like that, they tell the state they're shutting down their dog farm and then they send all their dogs to the next farm over, which is typically a brother or uncle's farm. The dogs don't get off those farms until they're all used up.

I've seen the Amish breeder dogs with their eyeballs hanging out of their heads, open sores, covered in maggots and feces, emaciated, distended stomachs, prolapsed uteri...horrible, horrible sights...and they stand there with straight faces telling you the dog is perfectly healthy -- so unbelievably lacking shame, you want someone else to see it so you know you aren't crazy.

Many say, "but that's their simple lifestyle -- they don't know any better." But don't be fooled. The Amish constitute a huge voting block and generously contribute to political campaigns that will financially benefit them. Some actually sell drugs just like any other people.

When I ran into the Amish men in court (only the men would go to court, of course), they were laugh in my face and snigger among themselves because I was a woman -- they weren't used to answering to a woman in a position of power and they totally resented it.

A friend always tells me about the "antics" of one of his Amish clients. This man has 13 kids, one of whom is developmentally delayed. When my friend visits their farm to conduct business, the wife and all the kids are in the field working, except the one with the delays -- he's CHAINED to the front porch because no one can be bothered to keep an eye on him.

In short, the Amish are like the rest of us. Some love money, they love their electronic gadgets, they love sex, they love drugs and booze, they love sex with children, they break the law...and yes, some are probably as quaint as you want to believe they are. But most are more like us than the clothes would suggest.

Obviously, I speak from more intimacy with this community than I care to have. But they are not all bad. On the plus side, they have so much money, they pay their hospital bills in cash without the benefit of health insurance, so that's good for the rest of us. And because of their small DNA pool, they are perfect volunteers for medical research studies in which limited DNA pools are crucial, and that, of course, benefits the rest of us. And they can put on roofs better than any other demographic, but you'll pay for that expertise. And they bring thousands into the local economy thanks to their crafts and culture.

It's really important to me that people understand the reality of the Amish so they don't buy live animals from them.

At the horse auction, they sometimes dump live animals that don't sell on the dead pile and leave them there suffering. This, of course, is illegal...but it goes to show their disregard of animals and their defiance of the law -- they get caught, pay a small fine, and reoffend. It never ends.

Amish-bred puppies are cleaned up and adorble when unwitting buyers see them. What they don't see are the deplorable conditions that puppy's parents endure their entire lives. If a dog is sick, the Amish know it will still breed, but those congenital illness are passed right on to that puppy you're buying. To the Amish, these dogs are just dollar signs, they have no regard for them whatsoever. They see the "English" spending hundreds for them as suckers. When you return a sick puppy to the Amish, they tell you they'll give you back your money if you give them back the dog. They know most won't return a dog, and if a buyer does return the dog, it's thrown in the breeder cage to make more sick puppies...or sometimes they literally just ignore them and let them die with no food or care.

Sorry to go on and on...but the animal abuse is so, so awful. I've seen things I can't unsee. This is as much their story as the hard work and forgiveness that is so well publicized by the media. Now you know the other piece of the story.

you can come spend a few days

you can come spend a few days with me. i live right in amish country. for real. we have a lot of amish neighbors and a delicious bakery a few miles away where the amish sell food they make right there in their own home based bakery. you can go buy some goodies and ask for a tour!

Actually....DH's kid was in

Actually....DH's kid was in the running to be a foreign exchange student but Uberskank talked her out of it. She would have lost her live in housekeeper/babysitter for 11 months.

***Charge them rent if they express an interest to live with you after HS graduation. Explain regardless of the rent, they still have to follow house rules and pitch in everyday on dishes and upkeep.

Trust me....this was my parents rule and I was out of the house within a month.

LOL I checked out boarding

LOL I checked out boarding schools a few months ago

Charge rent comparable to

Charge rent comparable to renting a room in your community. This should include separate bills for all utilities (including cable). Make them provide their own food (even if that requires them to go on food stamps) and they cook said food, ditto laundry. Also, bathroom access and laundry times need to be scheduled in advance. Their room will be subject to weekly inspections and needs to be maintained in a clean and orderly fashion (they actually do this in the military). They will be expected to participate in chores in the common areas, overnight guests are NOT permitted under any circumstances and set a permanent curfew (why should other people be awakened by them stumbling around at 3:30 a.m.?)

The more pleasant the living situation is, the longer adult children will milk it.

Get rid of all the

Get rid of all the televisions and put a Faraday Cage around the house so that no internet or cell phone signals can get through - total non-tech zone. They'll be gone faster than they can say "OMG - I can't text my BFF - WTF!!!" }:)

If you're waiting for them to

If you're waiting for them to move out so that you and bf can move in together...then you should be working on the bf. Send him pics of what you will be wearing and describe what you will be doing to him once you both feel free to get raw. }:) He'll get 'em gone. He just needs a little poke and prod.

LOL...We moved cross country

LOL...We moved cross country once and I accidentally forgot to give my husband's kids the correct address and state. Whoops...it took his ex-wife a couple months to local us.

My husband's children are now

My husband's children are now in their 30's but now they show up with step-grandbrats. It's a nasty cycle you get rid of step-brats they come back with their own kids and they want you to care about them too. It's easier now as my husband's ex-wife was called home to heaven several years ago.

my biggest fear in this LIFE

my biggest fear in this LIFE is that my skid, who happens to be high functioning autistic, will NEVER get the eff out.....course I worry that about my 2 bios too! I don't discriminate, i want EVERYONE gone when they are adults

Hey all, ok, first a little

Hey all, ok, first a little background... so I am a dreaded step-child aka SKID (lol...who came up with that...bc we 'put the skids on all parents-step), lol...ok. So myself, I'm very educated... graduate-level education from an IVY-league University and a multitude of difficult military courses, as well as 8 yrs active duty, including tours as a Ranger and Green Beret(special forces). Yes, I was deployed for more than half my career and no, I did not kill innocents. I also worked as a federal investigator for 2yrs before resigning and returning to the area I am from. I am an adult who did not meet my father until I was 23 (he introduced himself to me when I was a grad student) and have known him for about 10yrs now.

So over the years I had been away for periods and back, as I went away to serve my time in the service, went to school different places, worked for the govt in other capacities. But, when I would come back we would get together maybe once a week/once every two weeks to have some drinks, this continued as I would be in and out of town periodically, usually away for years.

Okay, so I never asked to be inserted into this guy's life (and, quite frankly, about 7-8yrs ago realized I wish I'd never met him). I have so much more due to my being independent and alpha-type than his current wife and adult children (who live with him), that they are all just truly insignificant little people. Just friggin simpletons. So this woman (his wife) suddenly accuses me of 'stalking her and her family'(I don't even know where most of them live), murdering people, changing all my personal data (bc apparently all federal employees can do that??? think she's nuts yet?), trying to 'steal her house' (how does one steal a house? Must be some secret-squirrel-super-ninja trick), stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her credit cards and bank accounts, dealing drugs....the list goes on

Did I mention I retired after 8yrs with full pension and benefits due to the fact I was in a catastrophic IED explosion? That's why I left the military. So, in fact, my retirement that I get for the rest of my life is more than his and that which she will receive when she retires(she's much younger than him (20yrs).....can we say GOLD-DIGGER) lol...

So up until a year ago, I could have hour-long very rational conversations with this woman... things were fine... then, there were a few small accusations...these came while I was actually halfway around the world or on the opposite coast (very far away, lol). So, they were deemed impossible??? Not quite: unknowingly, I was the scapegoat for alot of things people did. I was actually accused of assaulting a friend of hers when I was 2500 miles away from the scene....and hadn't seen her in years.... she told the cops 'IT MUST BE HIM!!'

Is this how it's done? illegitimate claims to crimes and unwarranted legal action because she's flipped...or is it something more? So over the past 6 months I have been the subject of numerous false police reports, slandered in every way possible, and just lied about in every way possible. I am receiving calls from local law enforcement every few weeks; is this how a step-parent rids themselves of a 'SKID'? I only ever saw my father periodically...and quite frankly, these ppl are all dirtbags, but he is my father and we used to have a good time together.

So is it the fact that I am so much more successful than her children? Is there jealousy? Is it the fact that one of my younger brothers (one of her sons)has the SAME NAME (I know, right, creepy-weird, huh?)? Are the details of my life opportune to falsely accuse me of these EXTREME claims? Did she give him an ultimatum: never see him or talk of him again or I'll leave you and take everything? I think they are all more than likely and it is the case. Hey, it takes all types in this world and some are just 'the other woman'....you know...'the other woman'

I will say this, though...to this day, I have never done a thing to disrespect his woman or wrong her, nor will I....I'm too good for that.

But is this behavior you hateful step-parents would stoop to, as well? It really disgusts me, but I would like some honesty, here. Her utter mendacity and animosity is quite impressive, to say the least. I am everything that you could hope a child would become... I'm (more than) self-sufficient, have always made more than enough money, educated, my service to my country fulfilled, I was set for life by the time I was 27yrs old...and he had nothing to do with my life(no, not even child support) until I was 23....and as I said, I wish he never stepped foot into it, because many of his family...uncles, cousins, other brothers, etc have bonded with me, don't get me wrong, I like them....but theyre all just below me, but then what makes me feel this way, in the end, is the evil stepmother. It's not their fault, but she's just so full of hate.

Tell me whatcha think, I appreciate honesty and will reply.

Later

I don't want to be mean, but

I don't want to be mean, but you come across as VERY full of yourself, VERY arrogant and blowing your own horn. Almost your whole post was pointing out how awesome you are.
No one really needs to know about your Ivy League education and how much money you make. I have learned that "success" is not measured by a degree or money or materialistic possessions. It is measured by who you are inside, if you are a good, kind person in this life.

Here is what I'm referring to:
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So myself, I'm very educated... graduate-level education from an IVY-league University and a multitude of difficult military courses, as well as 8 yrs active duty, including tours as a Ranger and Green Beret(special forces).

that they are all just truly insignificant little people. Just friggin simpletons.

So, in fact, my retirement that I get for the rest of my life is more than his and that which she will receive when she retires

So is it the fact that I am so much more successful than her children? Is there jealousy?

I am everything that you could hope a child would become... I'm (more than) self-sufficient, have always made more than enough money, educated, my service to my country fulfilled, I was set for life by the time I was 27yrs old

because many of his family...uncles, cousins, other brothers, etc have bonded with me, don't get me wrong, I like them....but theyre all just below me,

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How DARE you think anyone is "below" you?! Because of your "Ivy League" paper and some cash??!!

Maybe she can sense your arrogance and over abundance of self love. You seem like a total narcissist (of course, if you are one, you would NEVER realize it because that would mean you would have to think you are not perfect) That does not excuse her actions. She sounds like
she just doesn't want you around, period - so I would go with that. Maybe those "simpletons" will find someone else to bother. Just block her and move on with your life.

-Give them regular

-Give them regular installments on the joys and adventures of eloping at a young age.
-Turn them into your live in beck and call boys/chore bitches.
-Pimp them out to local farmers to harvest crops by hand.
-Leave emancipation applications all over the house.
-Fart a lot when the Skids and their friends are around.
-Serve only foods that they hate.

The one that worked for me permanently.... adopt them. Then they are no longer your Skids.

Give me some time. I will come up with others.

LMAO Leave

LMAO Leave emancipation applicatons all over the house hahaha

Un plug the wi fi box

Un plug the wi fi box constantly on and off just to screw with them

OMG I love every single item

OMG I love every single item on this list. This list is hilarious! just what I needed this weekend! LMAO!

-Hack their game systems so

-Hack their game systems so it resets back to the very beginning of their game anytime they save.
-MILITARY SCHOOL!!!!!

My plan

DH and I will move to a one bedroom apartment if he is not gone in time.

Tell them and DH!!

I’ve been harping on for years that skids are gone at 18 or as soon as High school is over. Ss17 will be out in a few months time after his final exams. DH certainly believes me and knows this is happening. SS however is oblivious despite being told umpteen times, he thinks it simply won’t happen. If he was pleasant and not such an arrogant turd there might have been a bit more leeway. The way I see it? He has a mother who lives in a free house gifted to her by my DH so SS can damn well go and live there.

As I have said all along, there will be no debate or further discussion, I am not having a grown man live with me past 18. Screw that!

I remember this thread

and 7 years later, The Girhippo is still collecting CS for stb 20 SD (still living at home and pretty sure she dropped out of community college). In NYS they infantilize young adults yet same "children" are allowed to vote. There oughta be a law that if your mommy is still collecting child support for you, you shouldn't be voting as you are not an adult.

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