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My SIL has this kind of
My SIL has this kind of loving relationship with her daughter's SMom. It helps I think that the Smom came into the marriage with a daughter the same age. And I know it wasn't always rainbows and unicorns.
I go back and forth between being a little disgusted and being a little jealous. Lol! I'll never have to choose not to do this though, BM is too damn crazy to get much further than politeness.
After reading some of the
After reading some of the comments from the article, I found it odd that people are arguing over who is a priority in the dad's life, Daughter or his new Wife.
I personally think that there are days when I need to have priority, days when Skids need it and days when SO needs to be priority number one. It's an ever revolving process. But that's just my opinion.
agree... I'm not in
agree...
I'm not in competition with my DH's daughter, because I'm not competing for a DAD as a DAUGHTER. The girl skids may be in competition with each other for DH's attention, but not me. I already have a dad.
Just like the girl skids cant compete with me for DH's attention because he gives me different attention then him.
I think priorities change.
I think priorities change. Responsibilities change. People have different wants and needs at different times.
Nice article. Wish it were
Nice article. Wish it were like that for all of us.
Wow, that was beautiful!
Wow, that was beautiful!
I just read thru this, and
I just read thru this, and the other post about this article.
Strange, but tell me if you all have experienced this:
I don't believe I've EVER had one of MY children question my priorities/responsibilities (meaning, them vs my DH). Maybe in their younger years they tried, but I shut down the (attempt at) disrespect immediately and set the who's who boundaries immediately? I mean, MY kids have to deal with a step parent too, so why aren't they acting that way?