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So frustrated...really dont like being a step parent

confused_party_of_1's picture

Submitted by confused_party_of_1 on Sun, 03/15/2015 - 7:31pm

I wish there was a book out to explain the horrible awful things to expect when you are a step parent. This would've been very helpful before getting married.

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Living the dream's picture

Submitted by Living the dream on Mon, 03/16/2015 - 8:18am

I wish I had known what a Disney dad was before I married my DH, and how ominous his inability and/or refusal to set appropriate boundaries with skids and BM was.

I only knew what I was looking for after we were married, when I found this site and read the book above. There are no divorced people in my family, and I had never dated man with kids before. I had no idea what I was getting into.

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Submitted by No saint on Mon, 03/16/2015 - 9:35am

We are all aware of what may happen in a blended family; the problem is that unless you are in that situation, you don't "know" what it's like.
Problems can vary so much, as well as your own response to them, your SO's behaviour towards the situation... There could be 100 great books about it, but one would never be fully ready.

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Submitted by NoWireCoatHanga... on Mon, 03/16/2015 - 11:28am

I second Sueu2. Stepmonster by Wednesday Martin is my handbook. I almost named by new baby Wednesday. Seriously