Yes, I *KNOW* it makes me "mean stepmama" but...

I am secretly glad that skids aren't coming this summer.

DH will go and visit them and we will pick them up on the way to go to his family reunion but they aren't spending the entire summer here.

I like them. They aren't bad kids. But the disruption is so great that it is SO stressful every summer. It starts out fine but soon all hell breaks loose.

SS13 and BD16 do not get along.
SD13 and BS14 do not get along.
SD13 and BD16 do not get along.

SD13 and BS14 are manipulative little jerks sometimes and cause all kinds of hell.

DH is pretty bad about being guilted by SD13 and lets her get away with murder. Soon enough the other 3 kids are avoided interacting with her. DH then gets pissed at the other kids. I then get pissed at DH for not seeing what is happening.

This is the cycle every.single.time. and sad as it may be to admit it, I am glad I get this summer "off".

AHhhhhhhh.

Rant/vent over.

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I guess it depends on what

I guess it depends on what exactly they do. Lots of siblings/step siblings fight, especially if they're close in age. Add to that the fact that they're all teens. It doesn't matter if they only see your kids during the summer. They see them for the whole summer.