Sorry I havent blogged in a few days (It has been busy) so my husband seems to think the problem is "solved" even though he only talked to her and she pouted and hid out up in her room all weekend. He even went as far as to suggest we take his kids for 2 weeks this summer! I told him flat out NO WAY. He works from 6am-5pm.....6 days a week, I would be the one having to deal with them 24/7. My SS is fine, even though he can be annoying at times, he is not hard to deal with, the problems with evil SD have been going on for years and years. I explained that just because she pouted and hid out doesnt mean the problem is fixed, and he needs to slow down on his delusions of granduer. I can barely handle her for 2 days....2 weeks forget it!

we had his kids for 5 days over their Christmas break...and even though my husband had the time off of work....he basically napped on the couch and let them play games and watch TV all day everyday. I had to clean up everyone, I had to cook, I had to make sure they bathed etc (you get the pic)

I would really love to write a book explaining how much step parents go through. Especially the blended household where you get them every other weekend. I call it the "national guard" of parenting.....they (the biological parent in question-my spouse) only gets them every other weekend, and basically hangs out with them while the spouse does all the work. They are delued on what it actually TAKES to parent. I think we stepparents are set up to expect that everything is peachy and wonderful, when in fact, it actually sucks and you feel like a failure.