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Gia's picture

Everybody/thing has a positive side... Smile

Let's bring a little bit of positivity

A post about the things you hate the most about your partner's ex seems easy and potentially endless, how about a post about something way more challenging...

******list 3 things you like about the Biological Parent (BM or BF) yes BRAINSTORM go ahead dig in the most profound chamber of your being!}:) !!!! and look at things objectively Biggrin

Please DO NOT inlcude: Things that she/he has done for you or someone else. For example: she/he said "happy mothers/fathers day to me"

Only take into consideration two things: Physical apperance AND/OR Personality. WHY? Just to really figure out what other people (her friends, aqcuaintances, dates, YOUR PARTNER!, etc...) see in her/him.

I know that is hard, and I do realize that you may not choose to socialize with such individual under other circumstances in life. You may find yourself wondering what do this person's friends see in her... But try... there must me something...

The three things that I can come up with are:

1)Her skin; not the color, but the texture, I think she has decent looking skin.
2)She is Not Ghetto
3)She is Not religious

(good lord this was hard, and took me a while!) :jawdrop:

Good Luck!!!

Gia's picture

Gia11

Sassy's picture

1) she moved away, so I don' have to see her stanky a** very often
2) she let me borrow her cake holder thingy
3) She is deathly afraid of me (though I don't know why)

"A parents job is to eat as much sh*t as we have to so that the children do not."

The Principlist's picture

I can only laugh at your post. As far as contributing on any real level to this post...sorry...I'm stumped.

That is not to seem as though I am being unreasonable, but REALLY - there is absolutely nothing that I can say about BM positively other than...SHe gave me and my DH 2 kids since we couldn't have any. There is nothing in the looks or personality department. Hell I couldn't even break the rules and say she wished me a happy holiday at any point because she NEVER has.

Wait...

Naw. I get nothing.

Well maybe when she... Nope.

I know. How about the time she... yea sorry NOTHING.

This is going to be a very short post I believe. BUt good luck with that anyways. Smile

Anyone can take the easy way out and blame others. BUT it takes a a person of character to take a look at one's
self and actions and own responsibility for their part. ~ ME ~ }:-P

Gia's picture

I keep thinking that there must be something about her... someone cannot be 100% negative things...

Maybe, the way she styles her hair? the music she likes, her eyes, her taste for cars or houses, pets?

her taste in MEN is clearly similar to yours...

It was hard for me to find what I found... I was so close to give up and go to sleep... Wink

The Principlist's picture

She styles her hair like an old grandma.

SHe wears outdated 1990 makeup/lipstick which totally dates her.

She has and never has had any taste in clothing. I'm talking she puts together some really crazy patterns and colors. I can't for the life of me recall a time when I saw her in something that made me say "Now that is cute." Our taste in clothes are polar opposites.

She looks like a pig and that is not said as an insult. Most people make this comment after seeing her for the first time.

Her car is a typical Altima. Nothing fancy.

Her taste in men...Well she was a LOT smaller and semi decent looking back when she and DH were together. NOW...

Her last boyfriend was decent looking but he was schizophrenic but HE had a really nice personality and DH and I liked HIM. All other rejecs that she dated were worse losers than her.

She has no house and has not maintained her own residence since she was evicted from the marital home for non payment of mortgage. She has not maintained her own place be it an apartment or anything else in over 5 years. She has lived with others.

Which leads to the next spot. She does not have a pet because SHE does not have anywhere to live herself. Her roomie has a miniature schnauzer which I love as we have two. SHe actually had the roomie pick out a MS after the kids bragged about how much they love ours.

Wouldn't know about her music because I am NEVER around her. I stay my distance.

So you see. I really am not trying to be nasty. I really don't have anything good to say about her EVEN after I have gone through that entire long list.

Well maybe I can say that she has a pair of Coach wedge shoes. She has them in black and blue. BUT she has had them forever and has worn the freaking CCs off the heel of the driving foot.

See...I still got...NOTHING. :jawdrop:

Anyone can take the easy way out and blame others. BUT it takes a a person of character to take a look at one's self and actions and own responsibility for their part. ~ ME ~ }:-P

Elizabeth's picture

One time BM offered me some baby stuff her kids had outgrown, then she started listing the prices she was asking for it...

BM is short and round. She seems to think that, since capri pants are "almost" the right length for her, they are OK to wear as regular pants. Nobody is fooled. They look like wide, highwater pants.

She prefers to have the men in her life work while she sits on the couch and gets fatter. When DH tried to sign SD up for a sport a few years ago, BM said it wasn't necessary because SD would get plenty of exercise "running around the backyard." Huh?

If her current husband is any indication, her taste in men is not too great.

She gets pets all the time, but then they don't work out and they are gone. A rabbit, several dogs, cats, etc.

Nope, can't come up with anything.

sarahbernheart's picture

she..

umm..
ok, she is not a pyscho BM...she's mean and bitchy...but not certifiable..

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

The Principlist's picture

See I can't even say THAT! Mine is certifiable psycho AND mean and Bitchy.

I am not lying when I tell you that GOd broke the mold on crazy when he created her.

There it is.

1. She gave me 2 kids.
2. SHe owns 2 pairs of broken down Coach shoes.
3. She breathes air.

Hey! No complaining I gave you 3. Now leave me alone. LOL.

Anyone can take the easy way out and blame others. BUT it takes a a person of character to take a look at one's self and actions and own responsibility for their part. ~ ME ~ }:-P

sarahbernheart's picture

yeah she is not certifiable lucky for me, she pretty much leaves us alone, I do not know how I would handle a crazy one, I do admire all the Stpmoms who work hard to make their homes happy ones despite the crazy BM.
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

Gia's picture

HAHAHHA... Yeah, those are totally acceptable Wink

sarahbernheart's picture

supposed to come up with three.
2. she doesnt look at me when we do drop offs..
3. she has a nice, yeah..wait for it...she wears nice...sh*t...dang....ok when she straightens her hair she doesnt look like bozo the clown..
phew, I need a drink.

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

Stuknaz's picture

She is a great...Oh forget that one. Oh I know, she is really wonderful at um forget that one too.

Sorry I can't think of anything! I honestly tried!

Done's picture

1. She makes it easy for me to make her look like a jackass (really she does it herself).

2. Her cheeks look like a basset hounds. (What, basset hounds are cute.)

3.She never lets my DH see his kids which in turn makes me have less laundry.

kaffonseca's picture

This is hard even for me, and I'm a very forgiving person..but I might have to steal a few from other people"

1) She does a good job of making herself look like an azz.

2) Her son is always dressed very good when he comes for visits (but she also gets ALL his clothes free from her mom's job)

3) her nails are always done (I wish I had time or $$ to always have my nails done).

Sita Tara's picture

Crazy ex and mom

An easy act to follow

Distances herself

"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." ~Geoffrey F. Abert

belleboudeuse's picture

Wins the prize, for sure.

But I'm going to try to do this, even though when I clicked "Post new comment" I had no ideas at all.

SO.

1) In some areas, she does a good job of raising one of her two kids.

2) She has nice hair (though she doesn't do anything with it, it has potential)

3) She's not stupid -- I think that she is intelligent, though it's not emotional intelligence.

Whew. Tough task for a Monday morning.

BB

- You are not second best, you are not second class. Do not ever let anyone make you feel that way. (2Bloved)

TinaKay's picture

1.) she works full time, as this means he has to pay less than normal child support, since she makes about 100,000 a year
and has no debt ( house, cars, all paid for)...
so I'm saying I'm glad she is finanacially stable.

2.) I'm glad that she found someone to date as this means she has less time to cause us trouble. Even more so that she is older looking than her actual age despite over 50,000 dollars in plastic surgery, she still looks older than her age due to tanning, drinking and heavy smoking... I'm so glad she found a man to look at her and even date her, to keep her meddling self out of our lives.

3.) I'm glad too, that she isn't very smart.... or in control of her emotions as if she was, she might be something to worry about.
hahaha. She has zero tolerance of others ( even her own kids), hair trigger temper, basically hates all men and most women ( she is just plain hateful and hate filled) she is loud, ignorant and basically acts like a old, drunk prosituate, which can only work in our favor if we have to call the law on her for something.
won't be us going to jail...;)
Smile

bewitched's picture

"To Thine Own Self Be True" William Shakesphere

1). Sd17 lives with her.:wink: Ok. So that one doesn't count, but it's top of my list.How about-she's dumb. I mean just D-U-M-B. Which makes me look very smart by comparison.

2). She is an animal lover, just as I am.

3). She is pretty. Yes, I admit she is quite pretty. Which is good for me, because H's family insists she and I look enough alike to be sisters! (now, psychologically, that probably says something about H...)

FallingfromGrace's picture

1. She is a good mother.
2. She is financially stable and married.
3. She is attractive.

Whew...everthough the things that I wrote are true...I hate saying them...wonder why? Oh yeah, becasue she treats me like and shit and she is a total b#tch.

2Bloved's picture

1. She is very pretty
2. She is successful
3. She is very fit

It's not hard to list physical. It's when I get to character that it's difficult. I only wish she was ugly. Or fat. I can handle pretty and fat. Or skinny and ugly. But alas...she's a knockout.....

stepmasochist's picture

But I'll give it a whirl.

1. She got a job and she's had it for a WHOLE month.:jawdrop:
2. I don't think she's on drugs right now.
3. She definitely loves her kids very much.
I even have a fourth though it's not as nice.
4. She's kind of dumb which makes her less of a threat and not as capable of manipulation.

secondwife20's picture

1) She looks like a warthog.

Due to her warthog-like appearance, no man on this entire planet (not even the desparate ones) want to sleep with her and breed more demon children.

2) She smokes at least two packs a day.

Keep this up and she might die from lung cancer! Okay... that sounded bad. :/

3) Her boobs are fake and are uneven.

I think that's funny.

Gia's picture

Howcome your man gave her children, did she not look like a warthog back then? :? lol

*I would like to see her picture by the way...*

lawyergirl06's picture

Wait a minute, are you secretly married to my SO? Smile Because that sounds like my BM

Digging really deep:

1. She can't spell for shit, which always makes me laugh and she has a master's degree
2. She makes it easy for her family to side with me because she is a raging drunken psychotic hosebeast
3. She gave birth to my four skids. Yes. I know. It's weird that I am grateful for them.

DISbelief's picture

OK. I can do this.... Actually I have LOTS~

1. No matter how POOR she is, she NEVER takes us to court for more Child Support. Not real sure WHY, but that is how it is...
2. She is now obsessed/ stalking/ destroying the life of her latest ex and not MY MAN
3. She recognizes and admits that FH is a GOOD Dad.
4. She smokes a lot, so maybe I won't have to deal with her for much longer in life~
5. I can always count on her outfit to give me a good laugh for the day.
6. Her stupidity amazes me on a daily basis... I find it quite entertaining.
7. If I ever need medicinal marijuana, I am SURE she could help me find a good dealer.
8. SHe digs her own graves....
9. DH is disgusted by the thought of her, I never have to worry about him going back to her.
10. The thing I like the MOST about BM, I can ignore her phone calls WHENEVER I want to.

DISbelief~

~You have to BE crazy to UNDERSTAND crazy!~ ; )

Serena's picture

BM -
1. She doesn't ask for child support.
2. She treats SD well - she spoils her and babies her, but at least she's not abusive, neglectful, actively spewing PAS or anything like that.
3. She's very social and at ease in crowds. Meaning she always tries to be friendly to me. I know she doesn't mean it and I know some of what she says to her friends and to DH is not at all nice, but in public she's nice to me. Now at least, she used to ignore me. I like the fake niceness better that the disrespectful ignoring.

EH -
1. He's muscular
2. He stays out of my business and lets me do what I want (because he knows I'm a better parent than he could ever dream of being)
3. He's really funny. Hilarious actually, in a 7th grade kind of way. But he truly is a riot.

EH was a LOT easier than BM. Wonder why? Wink

SoFrustrated's picture

I really had to think for this one...

1. Her taste in clothes is... creative? At least I can always spot her across a room so I can avoid her that much easier. She'll be the one dressed like she's 20 in Tinkerbell colors, even though she's inching towards 50.

2. She somehow managed to grab a decent guy to marry her at last. We like him, and the girls like him, so that should reflect on her, right?

3. She buys a ton of clothes and accessories for the girls, more generous than she can afford, in fact, but she likes to buy their affection so it works out well for us, because at least the skids always have nice clothes and we don't have to buy them much.

Elizabeth's picture

She washes all SD's clothes for her ... because I wasn't doing it fast enough to suit SD16. Like literally the day after she wore something she expected it to be clean to wear again. And DH didn't know why I had a problem with that!

Gia's picture

start doing her "on time" Laundry if it wasn't a problem?... }:)

Elizabeth's picture

He didn't see why it should be a problem for ME, as in his mind laundry was my responsibility. This is the same guy who did his own laundry when he was married to BM because he didn't like how she did it. Either I do it better or he has lowered his standards to save himself some work. I still make him wash his workout clothes because I'm busy enough with laundry with four people in the house.

He did wash SD's clothes one time when she was about 10. He washed all whites and one red and guess what ... yep, light pink clothes. He never did it again, and I steadfastly refused to jump to attention just because SD wanted to wear the same three pieces of clothes over and over. Hence, BM washes it now. Good for her! Way to coddle your child. SD very occasionally did a load of laundry at our house, which consisted of washing the ONE item she was planning on wearing. That's right, a "load" of one item. I nipped that in the bud pretty quick. Great she wants to wash her own clothes, get a decent-sized load together. What's even more funny is I made one of her chores be to wash a load of towels each week (because she would use about four a week). We wash the towels in hot water on cottons. That's how she washed her own clothes...

Gia's picture

because in any event she can do her own laundry...

Elizabeth's picture

Very coddled and spoiled. I married DH when SD was 8. I made her start washing a load of towels when she was about 12. Evil me! Obviously BM does everything herself (she's a stay-at-home mom). SD recently told a friend on the phone that she doesn't plan to move out when she graduates from high school because then she would have to support herself and she doesn't want to spend her own money on herself (money that mostly is given to her, she has hundreds in spending money ALL the time).

step2three's picture

Nothing on her appearence thats for sure!
1.) She works now
2.) She only calls on sundays!
3.) she finally got herself a man so she doesant bother us

BorBor's picture

1.I thing she is generally a nice person, (to other people obviously)
2.She shows respect to my kids.
3.She is not ugly

sarah1971's picture

1. She's desperately looking for a new husband(aka sucker) as soon as that happens(i'm losing faith) she will be someone elses problem.

2. That she only strapped DH with one kid. God I can't even stomach the thought of 2 or 3 "JR's"

3. She took SS out one yr to get my dog a x-mas gift (sorry the most positive thing I could think of). But of couse I have never recieved a gift from SS from her.

MinneMom2's picture

I'm going to try to stay positive and not comment on the many ways that her insecurities effect me, DH, and SD.

1. Has never taken DH to court since they ended their relationship over 5 years ago. Agreed upon shared custody.
2. She agrees to us having SD 50/50 (M, Tu, e/o wknd). This includes cost of medical and daycare. All other expenses are responsible by the parent in their own home.
3. Allowed SD to attend school in our school district (He and SD moved into my house and rented out his house when we got engaged).
4. Does not get out her car for the rare exchange on a non school day. Always at our house, never even seen her townhouse except on zillow.com
5. Has let herself go and is immature in so many ways that my DH appreciates me more

lovelovelove's picture

1) She is so butt ugly and looks like so much like a dude that it makes me look like Giselle frickin' Bundchen!

2) I LOVE that we don't have to talk to her because we blocked her phone number.

3) And I LOVELOVELOVE the fact that she is SO damned jealous of ME and my wonderful relationship with DH that she can't stand herself! (Well, that makes 3 of us!)

4) Oh, I forgot this one...I love that I get a good laugh everytime I see her. She is always in dirty looking sweats with no make-up, and short, ugly, unwashed hair...even at events where she is supposed to be dressed nice. Poor thing, she has no clue! I feel sorry for the kids though...that's exactly how they dress all the time too. In dirty basketball clothes with greasy hair...and they are GIRLS! Like mother, like daughters...unfortunately! :?

lovelovelove's picture

My husband's ex actually does look like that. She is definitely a he/she. Eeewwwww...

And I agree, Bridget is way prettier...great pick! Smile

melis070179's picture

okay.

1. She lives far away.
2. she cheated on my DH (so he left which means I get him!)
3. she does not harrass us.

Now I need some wine!

"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy"

WowjustWow's picture

1. She lives an hour away now with her ancient husband who has a pacemaker. I think she is waiting for him to kick the bucket so she can have his life insurance.

2. She doesn't call DH unless she absolutely has to.

3. Her rudeness to others makes me look like freaking Gandhi to the people we know mutually.

That's all. Oh, and she pays for SD's cell phones (with our CS, but hey, whatever!)

Jojo007's picture

1. She loves her kids. Spoils them and does everything for them, but she does love them.

2. She is making an honest effort not to badmouth us outright to the kids. She makes little subtle comments but nothing major.

3. Hmmmmmmm. She is going back to school so maybe she will actually have a job one day

somerg's picture

Dirol bm
1.she has a nice trailer that my husband paid for and got her into before leaving her
2. she has cute dog
3. cute small car with low gas mileage

her bf now dh? or is he dh, hell i don't know he quit coming around after my dh sent modification papers havn't seen him in almost a year...o well don't care
1. he moved in with bm releasing my dh of alimony
2. instead of moving out from bm which would've made my dh still have to pay alimony, they got married
3. he makes me feel smarter and better about me...cause he is so freaking stupid (seriously) sd told us he asked them what the captions on a tv show said cause it went to fast for him to read.
really?! Biggrin

Unhappy's picture

I only have one. If she wasn't the person that she is I would have never met the love of my life.

For that reason, I will always be greatful to her for.

ddakan's picture

LMAO yall!!! Thanks so much!!!

1. She's been spayed and can't make anymore assholes.

2. She's really good at smoking marijuana and teaching her children about the goodness of pot so they have great family time doing it together.

3. She's awesome at standing on her soap box, and it really gets her off her back for at least a few minutes at a time!

Here's a bonus: #4 She doesn't want to see me or talk to me. Thank God for small favors.

iloveit's picture

Karli...Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Blum 3

By the way..love the Steel Magnolias reference, one of my favorite movies!

Rags's picture

Three positive things about the SPermIdiot.

1) He lives more than 1500 miles away and we have never lived closer than that to him or the rest of the SpermClan.

2) His children all despise him. At least his spawn may have a chance to be viable adults of character since they all recognise their father as the worthless POS that he is.

3) He does look about like he did 18yrs ago. I guess when your mommy and daddy give you a place to live, cars, pay your CS for your oldest spawn and raise the younger three in their home for you it keeps you looking young.

iloveit's picture

Oh ok my turn!

1. She lives 40 minutes away from me and I can't smell her old lady vagina from where I live

2. She divorced my bf so I can have him

3. She is a WINNER - at losing of course

There...how did I do??? I think that was a stretch for me right now!!

Eyes Wide Open's picture

Wowsers! Have to think about this one:

1. She keeps her distance...I've only met her once in 5 years! I think she's scared of me---which is fine. Live in fear, cupcake!

2. She was a horrible, skanky, ho' of a wife. When she left, she wanted nothing to do with DH or the kids, so he never had child support/visitation problems. Once I got DH past his trust issues, I look like a good wife, no matter what! :0)

3. She truly fits the old saying, "You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl"! Gives me faith in humanity that there really ARE other people who think she's a loser! (after all, SOMEONE had to coin that phrase!)

Francesca's picture

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh,

1). I look like a sex goddess compared to her.....

2). I have the intelligence of Marilyn Vos Savant compared to her.....

3). Her mistreatment of my SO has made him the most loyal of men to me.....

Good Tidings BM

F.

hismineandours's picture

1. She has a job.
2. Ok I know we are not supposed to say things she has done, but this is a huge one-my dh got disability last year and so ss also got a backpay check which of course went to bm. It was 5500.00. She willingly gave dh back 2000.00 of it.
3. she doesnt like to go to court.
4. She hasnt spoken to me in about 3 months.
5. Appearance wise-um, sometimes she is slender (depending on where she is on her cycle of drugs/alcohol/sobriety)

Determined45's picture

From one BM/SM to her SS's BM:

Thank you for getting him to school every morning on time. It's not an easy task, especially when you're on your own.

Thank you for knowing his friends' parents and his friends (BD and I live in a different town and have little access).

And three bonafide compliments:
You have great hair. :).
You've lost weight and kept it off!
You wear high heels, often. I have never been able to do that!

You know, this felt good. Thanks for the original post. I'm having a really hard time with SS right now, and am embarrassed but refuse to let go of my anger and irritation, so have just been ignoring him to the best of my ability. My plan: get through the holidays, get some rest, then get some perspective.

Complimenting his mom was a welcome and helpful distraction.

Smile

overit2's picture

Hmmm...

Ok...

1) She has a job
2) She recently lost a lot of weight (because she had stomach problems and surgeries) but still...she looks much better
3) She doesn't come by my house or call me or try to pawn her D off unnanounced like she does to the bf's parents

StepmomB19's picture

HMMMM 3 things I like about BM,this is a tuffy, okay here it goes:

1.) she has long red hair (very pretty)
2.) she stays away, I haven't seen her in about 2 years
3.) She stopped calling my house FINALLY to ask DH stupid questions...

WOW now my stomach hurts, time for pepto....

Madam Hedgehog's picture

I like this idea, but it definitely is difficult.

1. She has a good job and will probably keep it.
2. She dresses tastefully.
3. She has always been polite to my face.

Okay, awesome. I think that's my good deed for the year.

GoodbyeNormaJean's picture

BM1- 1)She is beautiful, and created beautiful kids. Only one of them with DH, but from the looks of all 4 of her kids, SS12 has been given some amazing genes, at least physically, to contribute.
2)She is a good enough mom to know she can't and won't take care of her son, and she completely lehinaves it to me.
3)She has NEVER hassled DH about anything. EVER. We literally wouldn't know she existed.

BM2- I'm sorry. There's nothing.

BM3- 1)She's a good mama...I never have to worry about SD4 when she's with her mom. That doesn't mean I agree with all her choices, and she doesn't agree with all mine, but we don't hassle each other.
2)She doesn't try to micromanage things at our house, and she's pretty flexible with arrangements. We have a CO, but it's often more convenient to change it up a little, and she isn't a pain about it.
3)She's as cute as a little button. Petite, and not really my "type" but I've seen pics of her when she was younger and I can see why DH fell for her. She has way more positive attributes as a human being in general than negative. She's actually a credit to the human race, unlike BM2, who the world would truly be better off without, her kids included.

somerg's picture

bm likes

1. she has a nice house that my husband got her into on HIS credit
2. she has a cute fuel effecient car
3. she makes me feel like a beauty queen when around her
4. she let a bf move in with her releasing my dh of alimony

her husband/bf what ever he is

1. makes me feel smart because he can't read the captions on a tv screen (skids told us that)
2. he married dh's ex wife freeing my dh of alimony when he could've simply moved out and therefore dh would've kept paying cause we had no PROOF he was there haha! really are you that stupid?
3. since bm recieved modificaiton papers her dh has kept his distance from us to the point of not even being at the house or with bm when exchanging kiddo's..........THANK GOD!

iwishyouwould's picture

- She is too stupid to do any actual damage (to our lives)
- She only drinks heavily in an attempt to drown herself when kiddo is not with her (thats those other 27-28 days of the month)
- she keeps having babies that other people can adopt/raise and love, isnt that self-less of her!

Ssamantha's picture

- She knows not to come in our house.
- She acts like she's scared of me which keeps our interactions at nil.
- Her self-destructive lifestyle and the idiotic decisions she makes make for great entertainment.

rsimmons's picture

1. She has moved to another state.

2. She dosen't have our new phone number (which I canged again because of the harassment we get at all hours of the night)

3. she moved to another state.

Sorry it is not easy to find nice things to say about someone you hate more than life it's self

mom2five's picture

1. She has beautiful eyes and a very pretty smile.

2. She is a good cook.

3. She gave me two beautiful kids!

foxxystep's picture

LOL at all the comments. Its nice to see that we can step aside and look at these people differently.

here's mine:
1) She's really an externally beautiful woman - good skin, hair and beautiful eyes.
2) She does not bother us - unless she dumps her son off on us when she needs to go clubbing
3) She's a gold-digger - so someone else pays for her nails, hair, clothes, and does not sneak it into the CS amount.

Oh, and she does not work, so she has all the time on the world to plot other men. I'm sure her current pregnancy is a bit of an inconvenience to her mission... but alas, in 4 months time she'll have had her new bundle of terror and move on to a new target Smile

kerryann67's picture

I will give it a whirl.

1. She's getting fat so I don't feel threatened by her looks. (I'm fat too, but at least she's not a hottie.)

2. She's actually kept her current job for several months.

3. She hates face to face confrontations and NEVER discusses things in person, and I can ignore texts and not take her calls.

somerg's picture

1. she has a cute car that has good gas mileage
2. she has a nice home, that dh got her into on his credit
3. she is starting to really "surprise" dh and i by not denying extra visitation because "she's not ordered to allow it" :jawdrop:

Halgsmom's picture

So, I decided I will make myself do 6 nice things about her:

1. She is not addicted to drugs.
2. She doesn't drink, AT ALL.
3. She has never had a speeding ticket in her life.

4. She always has nice nails and new clothes (although the new clothes are horribly UGLY and probably paid for by MY DH since she doesn't work and WE have custody but STILL pay support, that and my skids ALWAYS we rags while she was wearing coach and other expensive stuff)
5. She made her car last since high school (says she can't afford a new car but wears COACH shoes and handbags)
6. She makes it easy for me to be a better Mother/Wife/Person to all the kids in my home, including hers/My DH and everyone we know. Wink (ONLY because she is NOT good at any of those things and being that I have her kids more than she does and my SD LOVES me and hates her show that. Also that my DH knows now what he was missing for the first years of adulthood, She also makes me look like a better cook because she DOESNT/Cant and I cook everything from scratch)

Oh and one more thing that SHOULD be number 1 on the list: Her loss is MY GAIN. She lost my DH and her kids..... and I got them. And it is even better that it was all her doing and I was not around until she was done with DH. Which, in turn makes him appreciate me more. Smile

Halgsmom's picture

As for MY ex.....

1. He is a handsome guy (he just needs to have a good bath and a shave)
2. He has really stepped up to the plate with our DS12 in the last year or so (he was not around much before)
3. He has turned his life around and is, although slowly, making it his own and a better one. (He went to prison some time ago and when he got out, it was hard for him to turn things around but he DID IT!!)
4. He loves our son VERY much.
5. He pays his support (although it is ONLY $70 a month for DS12, he does pay it every single month for the last two years and he never did before)

WOW!!! I did it!!!

stepmomwithhope's picture

Hmmm. I'll give this a shot.

1) She has helped my relationship with God, because I pray about ALL the time for her and her daughters.
2) I love it that my DH says "she looks terrible" when he sees her.
3) She is just so very, very busy raising two daughters and being the Best Mom EVER to ever communicate with DH.

OK, that finally exhausted me enough and I think I can sleep now.

DisappointedMom's picture

1. Even though we are only 2 years apart her daughter insists that I look much younger than she does, probably due to the amount that she smokes.
2. She tried to sing and her daughter thinks that she's amazing (I think she sounds like total ass but hey atleast someone likes it.)
3. She's a total, total bitch......which makes me look super calm and cool.

That's 3 right? They are all good things about her. Atleast all that I can think of right now.

Ohhhh and....

4. She finally stopped inviting us to do things with her. YAY

Roseybird's picture

This is really a hard one....As BM doesn't work, lives off govt subsidies, wait..

1. I heard she started going back to school
2. We agree that her daughter is a psycho case and will possibly be in a mental hospital for the rest of her life if she keeps f*@king with me
3. She has a cute little 4 year old (not my husband's child - another baby's daddy child - in which he realized he was screwing a psycho and left her).

Ok, that's it.

disneymom78's picture

1) She lives 1000 miles away! Biggrin
2) She got re-married
3) Doesnt try to talk to me or make eye contact when we make kid drops

Soon-to-be-Step-Mommy's picture

I'm sorry to be negative...but I've tried..and tried....and tried some more over the years to find the good in BM. Even just a tiny bit..but it just doesn't exist. And I'm not even kidding. How can you find the good in a selfish, drunken partying, jobless, carless, violent woman who could care less about her own child and doesn't do a THING to change her crappy situation?????? She sits on her ass all day, and goes out partying at night using the goverments (OUR!) money to pay for her drinks.

mags's picture

This will be good for me I think! Help me be the bigger person and all that jazz...

1) She "approves" of me. The last relationship my BF was in, the BM told him that if he continued to see this woman, she would take away his son and he would never see him again, but she says I'm a nice girl from a good family
2) She tells SS to listen to me and doesn't seem to be trying to turn him against me, although I think she's telling him that if he wants a baby brother or sister he has to talk to us about it, not her, which is weird..
3) She has nice taste in sweaters...

other than that, she could fall off the face of the earth.

alwaysanxious's picture

1) She wants her kids to remain living with her and does what she can to keep it that way
2) She and I agree on the fact that their father buys them too much
3) She is smart enough to get my subtle hints that she is not to converse with me.

krd's picture

1. She lets the kids run wild so she therefore looks stupid in court every time we have to go.
2. She has a decent car, although she lets her oldest daughter get high and drive it so im pretty sure it wont be around much longer.
3. Shes scared to come to my house because shes talked so much trash about me shes scared ill go crazy on her....

on the fence's picture

Let's see....
1. She is very successful and has her own $.
2. Her fiance seems very nice. I only have to see them from a distance at ball games.
3.All the skids know she's a b*tch and they give her respect anyway. They were at least raised well.
4. Bonus! I like SO's name for her. QC! The Q stands for Queen.....

mama_althea's picture

1. She is a truly gifted liar. It is actually remarkable to see such talent in action.
2. She keeps a very tidy house. It's my understanding that most drug addicts do not. I am not a drug addict and don't do half as well at housework.
3. She is hellbent on not allowing her kids to live with us. Even though the motivation is purely CS related, it suits my purposes just fine.

kalmolil's picture

Ummmmm......let's see......hmmmmmmmm.

1. she has no fashion sense (no sense of anything really) so DH at least knows she isn't blowing CS on her own clothing (she dresses like a 12 year old boy, including the greasy hair).
2. her mobile home is at least "clean"
3. if I don't make eye contact with her, she doesn't talk to me.

anyha's picture

Smile

Maybe this is most difficult because it's hard to say something nice about someone who you dislike so much, and who directs so much drama and animosity at you. (usually for the sole reason that you exist, and she cannot make you go poof)

here goes..

1)She loves her child, and tries to be a good mom.
2)Non of her psycho tendancies include directly harassing me. (no calls, no txts, no emails, no fb, no loitering anywhere near my house)
3)She is easy to predict

I do actually think she isn't a terrible person overall, she has the capacity to love and probably have her sweet moments with her daughter (and in the past with her ex),she's just full of lots of insecurities, jealousies, drama, inabilities to control her emotions, selfishness and so forth. If she was rotten to the core, my SO wouldn't have dated her. So, for the sole reason that he did I figure she must have more good qualities than I see. If she went to counseling she could probably be a pretty nice person. (can only hope)

Kes's picture

Oh yes, this is easy:

1 - Although she is 11 years older than me, she is fatter, shorter and uglier.
2 - She is alive - which means I don't have to have the SDs living with me full time.
3 - She doesn't have the intelligence to outwit me when I counter her stunts.
I enjoyed that!

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oncechoosetosmile's picture

She takes SD 50% off the time.
She takes SD 50% off the time.
She takes SD 50% off the time.
God bless her!

xtina's picture

I like this post... 3 1/2 years later, I'm adding to it!

I have 2 BM's to deal with so here's my best effort
BM #1, was in a long term relationship with my SO
1: She made a smart move breaking up with my SO so I could later meet him and fall in love.
2: She owns her own house, even if it is in the ghetto
3: She gets $400 in child support, lucky!

BM #2, had a one night stand with C years ago and had the baby, even though she was married to someone else. She is a GHETTO white trash bitch.
1: sorry can't think of anything
2: sorry can't think of anything
3: sorry can't think of anything
I tried.

hippiegirl's picture

1. She lives FAR AWAY.
2. She doesn't collect 1/3 of my DH's wages anymore.
3. She lives FAR AWAY.

New second wife-step-mom's picture

1. She was sorta pretty in the face when she was young - now she looks like a domerman dressed like an anorexic boy.

2. She loves SS - even though she has absolutely no idea of what a parent is. She prefers to keep her BFF status with dope smoking and all.

3. She has a job - even though she whines and cries to DH all of the time that she has no money (because she spends her money on beer, cigs and mj).

4. She knows how to attract men - this is good because she messed around on DH. What they see in her I don't know.

5. She is ambitious - she is always looking for a man to support her and her habits.

BF:

1. He had excellent teeth - before he lost them using meth.

2. He had gorgeous hair - now I am not sure he even combs it.

3. He dressed nice when he was young - Now he just wears old clothes and a bunch of chains and jewelry to keep up the ole dealer image.

RedWingsFan's picture

The ONLY positive things I can come up with regarding BM:

1. She doesn't care to meet or talk to me, so I've yet to have to deal with her, 2 yrs into our relationship

2. She cheated on DH repeatedly, lied and basically caused him to leave her so now I have him

3. She WANTS SD14 with her full time

That's all

misSTEP's picture

Hmmmmmmmm... 13+ years of making my life hell but I gotta figure out something that I LIKE about BM.......

1. She can be a good mom when she isn't totally taken over by vindictiveness and greed (like 10% of the time!)

2. She knows how to scam the system better than anyone I have ever met or heard of - except maybe that dead lotto winner who kept collecting food stamps.

3. She has taught me to be less trusting of people. I don't really LIKE this but it has worked to my advantage as I used to be a OVERLY trusting person!

BluDog's picture

1. She's a controlling bitch which ensures dh will never regret leaving her.
2. In dh's words she has a big, stinky...you know, also ensuring dh will never regret leaving her.
3. She guilt tripped, coerced, forced (however you want to see it) dh into marrying her which kept him off the market long enough for him to realize #'s 1 & 2 were deal breakers. The timing was perfect and now he's all mine!

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Starla's picture

First time I ran across this post..lol

1) She looks kinda pretty when she loses weight. She goes up & down with her weight a lot.

2) She is very book smart which I envy but am happy for her

3) She is a freak in bed which I really envy. Never been with her personally & she is with a woman now.

4) She created my step kids & my SS is turning out to be a loving young man. SD just adds character to all who deal with her I guess you could say.

5) She can't drive to save her life so she don't get behind the wheel anymore.

6) I think that she would be fun to party with & I would not get hit on by her.

7) She has a better work ethic then I have ever had.

Dirol She doesn't let people run her over, I could take a page on that!

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oldone's picture

I can think of several:

She has only called once in two years.
She does not enable SS27 (the drunk)
She's had the same job for 30 years.
She owns her home.

And my favorite:

"She's very, very religious and speaks in tongues." }:) }:)

YellowBelly's picture

The only things I can think of are:

1) We don't think she is prostituting anymore
2) She hasn't sent her 8yr old daughter home with thongs anymore after I threw a FIT.
3) I think she has quit using meth.

That's about the only nice things I can think of about BM.

Rags's picture

Three things that I like about DickHead (the SpermIdiot):

1) He never lived nearer than 1200 miles to us for the duration of the 17 year CO or before and after for that matter.
2) He had next to nothing to do with our son (my SS).
3) See #1 and 2.

Whewww. That took about 15 seconds.

Wait .... I have one more:

4) He tries to pick up on teenaged girls and they laugh at him. According to my SS-20 DickHead still tries to dress and act like a Vanila Ice wannabe though he is now 43yo. When he gets close enough to the young women for them to see that he is a middle aged 90's reject they crack up laughing.

These are the things I like about the SpermIdiot.

Jellybeam's picture

1. Bitch has false teeth
2. Bitch has kids that are failures
3. Bitch looks like a scarecrow with a muffintop

OutdoorMommy's picture

Smile
1- She stalks my Pinterest because she knows how awesome I am. lol
2- I've only ever had to be around her one time. She followed us to have a confrontation, making herself look like a huge crazy loser!
3- She tries to dress like me and now she does her hair like mine too. It's actually a compliment to me that she is trying so hard to be like me. She even went out and spent a bunch of money on things that she hates, because she's trying to take up the same hobbies as me, so that he'll like her again.

I call this free entertainment! Smile

OutdoorMommy's picture

She seriously doesn't like people. But here are 3 positives:

1- Because she is so terrible, he thinks and tells people that I'm the sweetest, kindest and most loving lady he's ever met!
2- Because she is seriously dumber than a box of rocks, he thinks I'm extremely intelligent.(Even more so than I am of course... lol)
3- Because she is an extremely homely woman, even with 2 hours of putting her makeup on, and messing up her hair, he thinks of me as his Goddess because I can be ready to walk out the door in about 15 min.

oh and #4 - Because she continues to throw her self at him and have absolutely no self pride, I turn out looking like a very classy, respectable lady. Not a trashy whore with out limits.

She really does me a lot of good! LOL Crazy whore!

RedWingsFan's picture

I've never spoken to or met BM in person (that may change tonight) but the only positive things I can think of is:

1. She likes Peyton Manning (ummm, yes, he's MY favorite QB of all time and I loved him LONG before he became a Denver Bronco)

2. She is an avid photographer and takes really nice photos from what I've seen (and I share that love for great pics)

3. She isn't hideous, but by all standards I'm better looking than her and DH truly can be himself around me so there's never any worry he'd ever go back to her!

Yeah, that's it.

HungryEyes's picture

1. She gave birth 2 girls who will be my step daughters. She's a good mom. She's a horrible ex-wife.
2. She's actually got a sense of humor if you can decipher what she's trying to text or spell. It's not easy.
3. Um. She. Well for many reasons, she cemented me as a HUGE upgrade for SO. Thanks BM!

jennaspace's picture

1) she was respectful
2) she abhors gossip and general mean girl behavior
3) she totally minded her own business

I've moved far from DHs family. I never had a problem with BM. MIL damaged my relationship with skids and made my life so difficult. If only BM could have been the sole alpha female!

GoodbyeNormaJean's picture

BM1 1)She realizes she can't raise SS14, and leaves him to me.
2) She lives an hour away so I NEVER have to see her.
3) She apologized to DH once a few years ago for being so bad to him when they were married. She treated him terribly. It must have taken a lot for her to apologize.

BM2 1)She moved out of state so I NEVER have to see her again.
2)Every time I HAVE seen her, it made me feel really good about my personal appearance by comparison.
3)Because of her, SD10 actually appreciates the effort I go to to be a good mother.

BM3 1)We never had to take her to court for 50/50 custody. I mean, of course we have a court order, but we didn't have to duke it out...she agreed it would be best.
2) I think that, on some level, she actually makes an effort to be a good mom. I can always tell that she loves SD6. When she fucks up, it's truly because she doesn't really know any better.
3) She knows she is not my equal in ANY way, and has stopped trying to compete with me on anything. She gives me a wide berth. In a nutshell, she CAN be taught.

blending2012's picture

awww... this is a nice post. It's nice to focus on the POSITIVES once in awhile - even though, as several people have pointed out it is HARD to compliment someone who you do not like. Here's my list:

#1) she is not a drug addict. you guys with BMs who are addicts break my heart. that must be so hard. the BM in my life barely even drinks.

#2) she is very nice to my bios when she sees them

#3) she has good skin

IslandGal's picture

Dang! This is gunna be .. um.. hard.. lets see...

... nope.. can't do it!!

Ok - she is "ok" looking - she's more masculine than feminine..
She's a control freak.. hang on .. thats not a positive.. ah shit.. I give up!