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So, we had it all worked out with the passing of SD14's maternal grandpa....we'll go to burial site after everyone leaves and allow her time to say her goodbyes. She was okay with that plan. We supported her. Well, guess what?
There's no burial site. Apparently the body was donated to science. So there is a memorial service at 2 on Saturday. I tell SD14 to let me know what she thinks and she tells me today two disturbing things:
1. If she goes, she wants me to take her and not H. This is problematic b/c biomom hates me with a passion.
My husband I have sole, legal, physical custody. We received the two boys 3 years ago from Child Protective Services. This Mother is still mental and unstable. The courts allow her to see them unmonitored. Tonight they came home and the 6 years old is acting out.
Talking back. It is really hard as a stepmom that has had these boys for 3 years. I just cant hardly take it when they come home and I know she has been talking crap. They act distant and different when they come back. They were only with her for 4 hours. What do I do to get through to them I am not the bad guy.
IF this whole watching SS9 after school with me thing doesn't work out, SS9 wants to stay at his grandma's empty house after school, but is he 9. Is that too young? I would normally say YES but he is soo...advanced. He has been left home alone a handful of times, and he, well, he is like a 60-year-old woman, you just have to know the kid. He just BREWS HIMSELF a pot of COFFEE and sips coffee and reads. He has a genius IQ but that doesn't mean he is emotionally equipped to handle something like strangers at the door, or a fire (from his darn coffee pot! nuts)
First, thanks for all your awesome replies from my last blog about DH flipping out and demanding more love for my SS, despite all I have been doing watching him after school and our crazy schedules. You are all right: I AM SOOOOO EXHAUSTED!!!
So, the other day, SS9 calls DH and says "I need a partner for karate class tonight and I want you to do it."
And DH says,"Well DH I can definitely take you to karate, but I can't really be your partner b/c I will have to bring BS1" (Remember, at a 7pm karate class, I am in BED b/c I have to be at work at 3 a.m.).
My husband travels for a living. He has been gone since July 7th.
I took SD up to see her daddy this week because he was at a city that is only a 4 hour drive. We are here from today until Sunday. We spent today doing some sightseeing and are now back at the hotel. DH had to go to work tonight.
Hi all! I would love some feedback/ideas about our current custody schedule. Right now, my H rushes from work to pick up the skids, brings them home, we make dinner for them, get homework done and then it's usually time to take them back to BM. This is the schedule every day of the week and we also have every other weekend.
So I was just wondering what is so great about BMs that make our DH/FH do what ever they want just so they "don't make waves". I mean, they must not be so wonderful or they would still be with them and not us right? I just had to ask...:P
I dread the end of the summer. My kids (stepkids) leave to their biological mothers every summer. I hate this time because we spend the year getting great habits and into the swing of things. Of course when they come back they are filthy monsters. She really has never cared about them but is the type of woman that thinks that motherhood is just having a baby and being called mom. The work that is involved falls on my sholders.
Recently my husband's ex-wife demanded that he pay for half of their child's braces. This woman is ruthless when she wants something. She stood there insulting my husband for being "cheap" and sited numerous examples of his cheapness in their child's presence. This wasn't the first time this has happened. Has anyone else been in this situation? By the way, during the argument she told my husband that she had already talked to her lawyer and she was going to get the money with the lawyer's help. I am so upset.
Recently my husband's ex-wife demanded that he pay for half of their child's braces. This woman is ruthless when she wants something. She stood there insulting my husband for being "cheap" and sited numerous examples of his cheapness in their child's presence. This wasn't the first time this has happened. Has anyone else been in this situation? By the way, during the argument she told my husband that she had already talked to her lawyer and she was going to get the money with the lawyer's help. I am so upset.
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