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How to deal with a teenage glutton?

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Submitted by sasha101 on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 6:23pm

SS15 is greedy. He has no regard for the other 4 people who live in our house and guzzles enormous amounts of food. We live in the UK and the price of food has gone through the roof lately, but ss15 must think we have an endless supply of money for groceries. A cheese sandwich to SS15 involves a half pound of cheese, half a jar of pickles and at least 4 slices of bread in one go - and this is just his after-school snack before expecting his evening meal with the rest of the family!

Unbelievable even for BM!!

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Submitted by sasha101 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 9:51pm

DH and I have custody of ss's 8, 9 & 15, with BM having eowe and half of school holidays, and they are currently staying with BM for her half of the Xmas holidays. DH had a call from his sister this afternoon to say his elderly mother has died suddenly, which although she was old and frail is still a big shock. Because MIL and the rest of DH's family live 250 miles away, going to the funeral will mean a stay away from home for at least a couple of days, maybe more depending on whether his sister needs any help sorting things out before or after the funeral.

Am I being unreasonable?

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Submitted by sasha101 on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 8:00pm

I've had words with my dh tonight and feel bad about it. My 3 ss's live with us full time, with bm getting regular contact. They're not bad kids, but have certain behaviours and habits which I find very irritating and hard to live with. Dh is normally good at discipline and doesn't take any crap from them, and their behaviour has improved a lot in the last couple of years as it used to be appalling.

BM... what a loser!!

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Submitted by sasha101 on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:18pm

Skids bm has visitation every other weekend and half of the school holidays. We live 70 miles away from her, and dh does all the running around, taking them every other Friday evening and bringing them back every other Sunday afternoon, plus taking them and bringing them home for school holiday vistitations as well. She never contributes financially towards our fuel costs, and when they go for longer stays she's always asking that dh take food for them, as she claims she can't afford to feed them.

Grrrrr.... disgusting skids!!

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Submitted by sasha101 on Thu, 03/10/2011 - 12:46pm

Why is it that 3 kids aged 7, 8 & 14 are not capable of using a toilet without leaving shit all over the seat? I'm sure as hell not cleaning up after dh's disgusting little brats. Maybe I should dig a hole in the garden and make them go out there till they learn to behave like civilised human beings... dirty little bas***ds!!

Stressed and fed up - rant!!!

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Submitted by sasha101 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 3:36pm

I'm so fed up today. My mother has cancer and is seriously ill, my 18 yo daughter has serious depression, I have my own health problems plus a lot of stress at work at the moment. So am I unreasonble for expecting my ss's 7, 8 & 14 not to whine, cling, squabble, tell tales, attention seek, bully each other, tell lies and have tantrums? I didn't want to enter my own home after work today, as I could hear one of them crying and whining and I knew I just wouldn't be able to cope with it today.

Hi, new here

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Submitted by sasha101 on Mon, 12/27/2010 - 8:20pm

Hi, I've been lurking on here for a few weeks and decided to post something about my stepfamily situation. I'm from the UK and it's great to find a site where people don't judge or criticise step parents for saying what they really think - no "well you knew what you were getting into".... "it's not their fault, you're an adult but they're only a child".... "children always come first no matter what" etc, etc.

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