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Question for you ladies

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Submitted by dan_nicole on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 10:08am

So BM runs a online Ebay/Etsy business and Im so tempted to turn her into the IRS for not paying taxes. It sorta bugs me that she generates alot of cash selling "Vintage Clothing" yet its not reported to Family Division, she still collects a mint from the IRS for EIC etc. I dont know if thats caddy of me to even bother or if its possible. Just figured Id ask you.

score one for the good guys aka BIODADS!!

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Submitted by bellacita on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 9:33am

so, we finally got the answer to our modification request for the CS we are receiving for SS15 whom DH has full custody of and lives w us. and the results are....

CS is increased from $350 a month to $765!!!!!!!!!

CAN U BELIEVE IT???!!

apparently, BM is making about $75k a YEAR and so the support award should be over $800, although she gets a break for the overnites w him that she is supposed to have but does not exercise.

PAS

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Submitted by sam on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 9:27am

I have sat here for 5 years watching bm do this to her own children even before i ever came along.I never knew about pas until recently and it is really awful.I reasearched it and it is bm to the tee!!!Everything she does it puts her in the category of obssessed parental alienation it also said that the effects of it on an older child ss 16 can be irreversable that is awful to think because all this time we thought the skids would grow up and realize their mom is wacked.But this almost never happens especially if its been going on for years and years which in my dh case it has been.I wish i

Praise and "No Child Left Behind"

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Submitted by Nymh on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 6:34am

SS got his progress report a couple of weeks ago - all A's. A's that I don't think he deserves. You all know that SS has missed at least 20 days of school so far this year due to BM keeping him out of school for no reason, SS pretending to be sick, or him throwing fits and just not wanting to go. He has missed WEEKS of school at a time because he just didn't want to go.

Laughing inside

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Submitted by alwaysthemom on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 10:19pm

I know I have ranted and raved on here about BM and her ignorance. But tonight I realized something. I'm the MOM, maybe not bio but I am. I'm the one who sacrifices, does without, tries to make life better. Not that POS who wants to be called MOM. SD10 had a basketball game and I took her. Didn't want to go after I heard BM might be there. I can't stand her. BM knew about the game, was going to it. She did not even bother to call and see if SD10 wanted her to take her. Kind of selfish in my opinion.

Phone Manners?

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Submitted by Fed Up And Wiped Out on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 8:40pm

So anyway, just wanting to vent a little. Was downstairs in basement, heard phone ringing, ran upstairs to answer it completely out of breath. Said hello and got no answer, could tell it was a cell phone. Said hello louder, thinking maybe other person couldn't hear. Well, then I get an answer, "Can I talk to my dad?" It was SD16. I told her that her dad wasn't home and she'd have to try his cell. Then nothing. Click. How rude!!! I called him up and told him what she did.

Stepparents and future stepparents-PLEASE READ THIS- following these tips will save you a lot of grief & drama

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Submitted by Anon2009 on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 7:37pm

When I became I SM, I thought I could make things with BM better. I thought my stepkids would love me. I thought that my husband would start standing up to BM and being a parent to his kids. BOY WAS I WRONG. For the next few years, my life was he**. I thought we could all be one big happy family. I think a lot of us here thought the same thing with our respective blended families, too.

Tips for anyone with kids considering remarrying/committing to their partner or is remarried or in a committed relationship

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Submitted by Anon2009 on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 4:25pm

These are ideas I have thought up by looking back on my experiences as an SD and SM. Please let me know what you think, and feel free to add your own ideas as well.

For those who have children that are getting/considering getting remarried or committing to someone:

a) While mandating that your children treat your spouse with courtesy and respect, give them permission to not like your partner. Then they don't feel pressured into liking your partner and it might make it easier on them in terms of accepting your partner.

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