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"when you're up to your ass in alligators, it is hard to remember that your original intention is to drain the swamp"

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Submitted by skye22 on Thu, 07/27/2006 - 12:46pm

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I found this article online written by a step mother. I thought others might enjoy it. visit this website:
my.en.com/~mcq/stepmother.html

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Submitted by Nise on Fri, 07/28/2006 - 8:00am

That was a great article!

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Submitted by septembers_child on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 5:48pm

loved the article almost as much as the title of it...LOL..Pardon me but I have to go put some peroxide on this alligator bite..LOVED IT!

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Submitted by spitfire99 on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 8:09pm

thanx so much for the link...it was a wonderful article and really puts things in perspective....

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Submitted by Cruella (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 8:42pm

Thanks! I really enjoyed that and what it says is sooooooo true.

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Submitted by stepmasochist on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 3:59pm

I just wanted to move this up because I just read it and it was a very good article.

I figured some others had missed out on it too.

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Submitted by Couldawouldashoulda on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 11:56pm

Thank you and luved it! Especially,

"But I was still evil, and that was the most disheartening thing of all. I felt trapped in role not my own choosing."

So true!

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Submitted by kisses-n-kream on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 2:51pm

great article!! My Schildren's BM is constantly calling me the evil stepmother...LOL

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Submitted by ddakan on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 4:14am

that was so nice, and she was so mature and not bitter about it!!! i admire her for having such an insight!

thanks!

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Submitted by mom2five on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 9:12am

That was a wonderful article! I love the honesty. And I laughed when I read that she "ruffled" her stepson's hair. That's exactly what I do with my stepson. I can hug and kiss my stepdaughter, but I can tell that it makes my stepson uncomfortable. So for years, instead of kissing him good-bye when he leaves for school, I just ruffle his hair and tell him to have a great day! It's weird to find I'm not the only one who does that.

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Submitted by HopeFalls on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 12:04am

This was great and so well written thanks for sharing Smile everything she wrote was like I wrote it myself... somehow I thought this would be easier.