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.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
That's a good point.
That's a good point.
From a previous post, this
From a previous post, this mother sees her daughter EOW. they have 50/50. OP is complaining that the mom doesn't take her 'visit' during dad's week.
I see where you had the best
I see where you had the best of intentions, but it really is unnecessary for you to establish a relationship with her. I'm a product of divorced parents who moved on, dated, remarried. It made absolutely no difference to me if my steps had relationships with bios. I think that would be silly.
I have never met BM. She was so full of rage over the divorce, that she threatened to kill herself when DF started to date again and would constantly interrupt his dates (not me, thankfully. she must've gotten that out of her system). Anyway, she doesn't know me, never spoke to me, hasn't met me, yet she has blocked me on Facebook and refused to go to events for her son that I would be at (his college graduation!). All this has done is remind SS20 of how much of a twerp she is..I'm sure that he couldn't care less if we were "friends", so long as we were cordial in each other's presence, didn't make things awkward/uncomfortable, and definitely didn't start drama.
Thank you. I wouldn't have
Thank you. I wouldn't have been able to maintain my relationship if she had been active in our lives. She is a very angry, spiteful person.
Good, now you can show you
Good, now you can show you tried, you were the bigger person etc etc.
Some things are just best left alone.