Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / July 2003

Say, Sheila --Back in Aileen's "lightbulb moment sought"
thread (started 6/18/03), I went off on a little side-jaunt
about being frustrated by quarrels with DH over SS17 --I
gave up and tried to be DH's supportive sounding-board and

Not really sure what happened or changed, but both of my
stepsons have been talking to DH every week since he (DH)
returned from the wedding. They've even been calling *him*
instead of waiting for him to call them. :)

Sunday.

So, did she come back?

Normally I post in another group, and when I posted the below someone
suggested I ask for advice here.  So here I am.  To give you some background
I'm not a step-parent.  Currently I'm the girlfriend of a custodial father
with three children.  I have three children too.  I've been ...

what odd friends i have.....:)
Jess
The warning label on beer loses coherency after you've had a few.
Apparently it's hazardous to operate pregnant women under the influence of

I'm missing posts again, some from AOL, while USING AOL!  
I caught them at work on whatever crap "newsreader" they have there...
Just thought I'd mention it....
(No.  No one else is using my AOL account.  I have an impossible password).

I got this link from another group and immediately thought of you.  Here is the
place for you for movies in metro-KC.  (I wish there was one around here!
Hopefully, this is a testmarket thing and others will open.)
http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20030706/D7S41BM00.html

I realized over the last week while we were gone that my baby girl
isn't my baby girl anymore ;(
She is growing up and becoming a teenager. She has since the beginning
of our relationship called me Mommy, a few weeks ago it became just

Well, the decision has been made, and we're Wisconsin bound!
Mike had 4 offers -- 2 great ones and 2 so-so ones, but that's still 4 out
of 4!  ;)  I feel very proud of him.
I also feel very proud of our children who are handling the decision really,