Thank you to those who let me VENT without taking it out of context and trying to find "deeper meaning" to my problem. Being able to say what I needed to say, without bringing on a fight with SO, made it so I could still enjoy my Easter. I went to Easter brunch with my family and just DD and I. Then we came home and watched some tv before picking up SS. The 4 of us then went to SO's parents house. We ate, watched a movie and headed home. This was far from my normal Easter but I got to put all my problems with it behind me before it even started. I love my SO with all my heart. 90% of the time we are both very happy with where we are in life and both show each other how much we love one another as best as we can. Before anybody rips him apart I would like it to go on record that I am not perfect. I do things that piss him off. I do things that are selfish. I do things that I am not proud of. IMO most people on this site could say the same thing. With that being said, He does all those things too. Maybe I am the only one, maybe not, but I am a kind of person who needs to put her thoughts into words. I can never let go of any anger, frusturation, resentment, ect. if I do not get my thoughts out. I VENT ON HERE, SO THAT I CAN HAVE A LONG HAPPY RELATIONSHIP. I am sure there are many of you who think that it should be long and happy without having to post on an outside source but face it... In todays world... there is a lot going against your relationship. Especially when you put your heart and soul into a BLENDED FAMILY. I have noticed that there are often more "outside sources" effecting my relationship then there are "inside sources." If I took the blended family part out of my family/relationship, SO and I could always compramise, talk things over, and come to an agreement. (As well as anyone can at least) With the blended family part added in, we always have at minimum one more adult, who can derail even the most ordinary night. We always have BM either in the back of our minds, calling, texting, holding somehting over our heads, demanding something, telling us how to raise SS, trying to tell us how to raise DD, or even telling us what we need to do in our free time. My MIL thinks that because SS is in a "broken family" that she needs to step in and play mediator, or make sure that SS has a routine, or play the good cop, or even sneak behind SO's back and take SS whenever BM wants to pawn him off. If it were only SO, DD, SS, and I, We wouldn't have all that extra input... leading to stress. I have been with SO since before SS was born. I have been with him through A LOT. I have no doubt in my mind that we will last. No matter how much I complain about little things on here... We love each other and we have made a commitment to each other. Like I said, Thank you to those of you who took my post for what it was and not for what you wanted to spin it into. For those of you who did the exact opposite... Why? Boredom? Whatever the reason, I do not appreciate words being put into my mouth, MY vows being questioned, or your sub-topic arguments. I put RANT right in the title so that people like you could skip over them. You repeated yourself more then once, and yet I still know that I DID NOT CHOOSE MY FAMILY OVER HIM. He was invited. He chose not to go. He chose whatever it is over HIS FAMILY. In the end. Easter was ok. I had no anger. I smiled through the whole thing, and I made the best of it. I was still a little upset about it but I didn't let it take the day away from me. At the end of the day we cuddled up and watched a movie happily in each other's arms. Through all of the rough times, I know that in the end I can always curl up next to him and happily carry on our relationship!