Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
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I'm sorry, but her income
I'm sorry, but her income needs to be listed as higher than that. Good lord, she couldn't survive on that. Additionally, if her business does THAT poorly, she can go get a job almost anywhere making $15/16 an hour.
They included the
They included the unemployment she got so it does list her income as about 15k. Which is still a joke, but that's the lifestyle she chooses. There's no reason she can't work fulltime when she's perfectly able bodied and has one 6th grader. She complains about how depressed she is all the time, but I would imagine sitting at home by herself all day is only going to make that worse.
I think in most states the
I think in most states the impute income at at least minimum wage. She can't just choose to not work and have a lower wage. Pathetic.
Choosing to be such a low earner is bad for your child. As much as you would hate it, the kid would be far better off with her father. Too bad courts don't actually do what is best for the child.
Our state has fairly recently
Our state has fairly recently changed child support to go easier on low workers - they used to impute income at 150% of min wage and nows its 30 hours at 100% of min wage - about 30 bucks more than what she has down anyway.
Yes, she would be better off with us. But then the other kids would have to live with her crap. So it's a lose-lose. And I already know from experience we aren't going to influence her behavior at this point as much as necessary for a healthy environment. I'm wondering to what degree she's going to copy her mom and live off of others after she's done with school.
Paternity test.
Paternity test.
Ugh, if only he hasn't signed
Ugh, if only he hasn't signed the paternity acknowledgement.