Forum: Step Families

I have 2 girls with the same man..their father. I have been remarried now for the past 14 months. My oldest daughter came to me the other day asking if my current husband will adopt them and she is serious about this. Her bio dad does not have anything to do with them..He does pay child...

If your child/children visits their parent on the weekend, do you want to know if there has been illness at their house? Sometimes dh doesnt tell EO that ds has been sick before bringing dss over, but i think he should let EO know if we've been sick. The last time it happened was a couple weeks...

Ok been dancing around becoming a blended family. According to BF agreement she doesn't want the children dropped of by any spouce or significant other. BF works at 4am so it is more convient for her and him if I drop them off today so she agreed. I must admit I am a little scared, she is a...

Well, my 14 year old DS has come back home (YAY!). Now we have my DH as the step parent, and I think he is handling things well. Biggest thing is, he introduced him at his company picnic last night as "my son" instead of "my step-son". Tuck was so happy, his eyes just lit up. I know there are...

Everything has been going great with my ex for a few years. Then he got with a new woman, and she wants to control everything. She makes digs on me to my kids, and it upsets them. She influences my ex and how he speaks to me. It is really aggravating, as we had things worked out prior to her coming...

Right now my life is very complicated and I am at a loss for what to do. I was married in November of 2007, we got separated in March of 2010. During that time I was married I had my daughter (we will call Rose) who turned 2 in may and a son who is due in July. Thats not really the complicated part...

8 Tips for Positive Stepparenting Date updated: July 23, 2007 By Elizabeth Barker Content provided by Revolution Health Group Despite their bad rap in the realm of fairy tales, stepparents can play an immeasurably positive part in the life of a spouse's child. It's not going to happen...

While parents are likely to approach remarriage and a new blended family with great joy and expectation, your kids or your new spouse’s kids may feel left out of your choice and uncertain about the change. What will the new person in their life mean to them? What will their new step-siblings be...

I don't know where to begin! A little (or a lot) about me and my family... Met my DH 8 1/2 years ago. He had 2 children with his ex... I met my SD when she was 6, she is now 15, I met my SS when he was 4, he is now 12. When I met my DH he didn't realize he had any rights when it came to the...

Do you have stepparents and how do you feel about them? Growing up, i remember being one of the few people i knew whose mom had a different last name than me. My mom has been married 3 times. My first stepdad was pretty nice, except he was the only person to ever spank me. I dont remember...

Hi, group! I wanted to introduce myself and let each of you know that I look forward to getting to know you and learning from your knowledge and support. I am new to being a parent of any capacity (other than to my dog!). I do not have children of my own (I had a double salpingectomy in March...

How does your family do holidays? We've had dss once for Thanksgiving cause we went to visit dh's family so his mom let him come with us and we kept him for the rest of the weekend. But normally, we celebrate Thanksgiving with dss on the Sunday. Christmas changes every year. Last year dss...

So I am posting this everywhere cause I need some feedback ASAP. My Husbands ex wife called today and was hysterical. She is going through some financial problems and is losing everything. I feel horriable but my husband and I are also having problems. The thing is she wants us to take the kids...

Anyone want to discuss some frustrations with being a step parent? The biggest frustration I have is when EO sends dss over when he is sick. When my ds was 2 mths, dss came over for the weekend. He was pretty sick. So sick dh took him home the next day. Well, his mom took him to the hospital...

I just wanted to share. :D We have season passes to a local water park so we went today. Dh and his nephew went on a ride that dss and I didnt want to go on so we went to a kids area with ds. Dss stayed with us and played with ds for at least an hour. He could have gone off to the wave pool...

I know we have lurkers, so here is a anonomous poll to see who we are. :D

We do family pics once a year at Christmas cause that is the only time i can get dh to take family pics. I tell him it's my christmas gift. I was wondering how everyone does family pics. We get dss and all 4 of us go to the photographer. I get a pic with the 4 of us, then a pic with just ds,...

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So, as some of you may remember, I do not really have a relationship with Dh's daughter (22) because of the things that she has done in the past to dh, but mainly because of her disrespect towards my kids last year on their first birthday. It's not hostile or anything, mind you. It is just not an...

Hi Ladies! I am new to this board, but not really to FT. I used to belong to FT under a different screen name. I know that everyone here is so supportive and helpful, and I desperately need some ideas right now. I am divorced with a 2 year old little girl who is the light of my life. She is...

Do you have your step children for Christmas Day? Do you share Christmas or do every other Christmas? We normally have dss on Christmas Eve or the weekend before Christmas when we will celebrate Christmas with him. Last year he helped me decorate the tree, so I'm waiting til Friday to...

I know being a stepmom can be hard, but how about a thread on the positive things about being a stepparent. Things we are thankful for. I'm thankful that my stepson loves his baby brother. I'm thankful that i have a wonderful stepfather who took in 4 stepkids. He saw we had some faults...

Hi, I'm Lulu and i'm the new BC for this board. I know the board has been slow lately and I would love to get some more step parents involved in it so i thought it would be nice to have an introduction for everyone. I am not only a stepmom but I'm also a stepdaughter. My stepdad, who i've...

I would LOVE to talk with some other stepmoms if you are out there... HAPPY HOPES Jo

I am home alone because he went on the road in order to bring in more money to help pay off some of the bills here. Well his ex's DF used to be a truck driver and he knows how much money can be legally made...and now guess who has their hands out expecting more and more money?? Yep...they do! ...