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What age to start bathing separately?
Just a general question for those of you out there with boys and girls for (s)kids. SS3 and SD5 still take baths together. There have been a few times where we've left the room and come back to see them laying naked on top of each other in various ways (that are incredibly sexual) and giggling. I think that's totally inappropriate and we've told both of them that they should not be touching each other's privates in any way. I know this could be completely innocent, and probably just normal kid stuff but I'm starting to think that SD should start showering herself.
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O/T - Ideas to cheer up my fiance -- he didn't get his dream job today :(
My fiance had an interview yesterday for his dream job. His best friend was also competing for the same job, and I just found out that his friend got it. It's kind of a shocker because knowing both of their personalities so well I'm really surprised that they offered it to his friend, who has no experience in the area....but I guess you just never know why they hire people. (PS this is where I work too, but a different department/area)
Anyway, fiance is going to be pretty bummed tonight. Any ideas to cheer him up?
BM asked DF for relationship advice!
BM and fiance talked last night about a few things going on for SD's school this week. I have no idea how or why this got brought up, but BM started spilling her guts to DF about her relationship issues.
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OT: SCORE! Got great deals on a suit and flower girl dress!
We're getting married next summer, and I've been on the lookout for great deals. I bought a 3-piece suit for SS3 from someone on Craigslist for $5 and a flower girl dress at a second hand store for $15!!! I am amazed! Both skids have tried them on and they have plenty of room to grow.
So this means I can go buy the wedding dress that I want that is $1000 rather than the $750 one...right? }:)
DF put me in my place this weekend.
On Friday BM dropped off the skids and she also gave us SS3's old car seat. DF brought it inside and said that BM thought we could use it for the new baby. We both were a little dumbfounded at her sudden generosity and thoughtfulness. The car seat is in great shape. She had the information packet still attached underneath the seat so I opened it up to read it (I was going to check the model number to make sure it's not recalled or anything). It is an infant-toddler seat that says you can't use it until the baby is 1 year old.
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How to tell a friend (who is a stepfather) that his GF will NEVER have his child?
I feel like I'm posting a ton lately, but hey, that's what StepTalk is for, right?! Sorry to be a blog-hog.
Anyway, my fiance's best friend from childhood is living with a girl who has come to be my friend. I'm going to call them Brandon and Heidi, just to make this easier to explain.
BM just has to ruin EVERY conversation.
DF talked to BM and later told me that he was really surprised because they were actually having a very nice and mature talk about SD5's weekend visitation changes and how she's doing in kindergarten, and how SS3 is handling being more on his own now that his older sister is in school. Hooray.....oh, wait.
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New visitation for pseudo-SD5 -- the truth will most likely be revealed.
BM called us yesterday to explain the new visitation schedule with SD5. We have no control over it, because she is not my fiance's daughter. I believe this will lead to the unraveling of the truth behind who SD's "real" daddy is.
My good deed to help out SD last week backfired.
This is sort of funny but frustrating! Last week I posted about how BM wouldn't bring SD different shoes to wear (she wasn't wearing weather/school-appropriate shoes), and the consensus was (between you fellow step-talkers and my DF) that I would buy her some shoes and bring them to her at school so she could at least wear them for the rest of the day and have warm, dry feet.
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One of fiance's friends has been talking to BM on Facebook...DF is thinking something is going on.
We weren't even snooping on BM's non-private Facebook page and her name popped up on both DF and my home page. One of my fiance's good friends was conversing back and forth with BM. It started with a "Nice to see you last night!" and eventually turned in to him calling her 'beautiful' and telling her she should stop by at his work sometime to say hi, and she kept milking it to drag out the conversation so he'd keep complimenting her...and eventually led to him saying that they should hang out some time.