DH and I just moved up here from Charlotte - now my username is irrelevant. Oh well. I'm originally from the Philly area so glad to be back. We are renting in Old City while DH looks for a new job (for those who remember, he got laid off in July). Once he has one, we will buy a place.

I work in Center City.

DH, SD16, and I went to spin class and dinner together on Tuesday, her first time at Spin. She did great! She is thin but lazy, so we've been encouraging her to get more active.

Anyway, when we were at dinner, SD16 was telling us how she doesn't like her journalism teacher because he is sexist. I asked what he did that was sexist. She said "He sometimes talks to us about dating. Like how the boy should open doors for you!"

As a backstory: Married to DH about 6 months. Together 5 years in June. Great relationship with 4 skids (SD15, SD12, SS6 and SS4). Great relationship with BM1 and pretty good relationship with BM2. I'm 28, DH is 51.

DH was a very high level banking exec making 600K+ a year. Was going through the divorce when I met him and was in guilty dad mode. Signed off in mediation on $2,900 child support for BM2, was already paying BM1 $2,500. This was not a major stretch with his income.

We have all 4 skids Dec 28-Jan 3rd. Thankfully they are great kids, but 4 is still a handful! I have no bios. This is our first Christmas together since SO and I have been married (we were just dating last Christmas).

Give me the patience to deal with SS6, SS4, SD15 and SD12 for a whole week

I am excited for them to open presents. They are usually very thankful/grateful/appreciative and I think I picked out some good ones this year.