Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / November 2003

I am wondering if any of you have experience with this.
I have been with my husband since 1995.  We were married in 1997.  I
have a stepson who is 9, 10 in March.
The relationship with my DH's ex has always been pretty miserable.  I

not sure if it is a big enough deal to get mad at or not, but my wife (BM)
received a call from the Step-Mother that BM's daughter had to be taken to
the hospital two days ago for some abdominal problems and will have to go
back tomorrow for some additional testing.

i need some help for a research paper i'm doing....could ya'll offer a
direction to go searching for details on the "Residency Order" i've heard
about, in re: stepparents? the only reference i've run across is that SP's
can apply for it after three years of being a SP, but that's it ...

The 24 year old daughter of the man I'm seeing might be visiting my
home for a few days over the Christmas holiday.  I have never
actually spoken to her, but she sounds like a wonderful young woman.
For a portion of those days my children will be with their father &

Hi All....Just wanted to share some news with y'all....I'm in the hospital
on my DH's laptap at the moment....I had the twins Thursday morning. A
beautiful boy and girl. My docs had moved their due dates to Dec. 27th but
they came Thursday. So they're around 5 weeks early. They're ...

This is totally gross:
http://cbsnewyork.com/
Shame On You: Victoria's Secret, Saks And Macy's
Nov 19, 2003 11:52 pm US/Eastern

IM A NEW STEP MOM OF THREE MONTHS. I HAVE BEEN WITH MY HUSBAND FOR 2 1/2 YEARS THOUGH. I AM HAVING QUITE THE TIME WITH MY NEW STEP CHILDREN. MY HUSBAND HAS 3 KIDS 14,17,23
THE OLDEST DAUGHTER OF 23 HATES ME EVEN THOUGH SHE LIVES FAR AWAY AND HAS ONLY MET ME 3 TIMES FOR A SHORT ...

I have already bought 56 children, but they all die fter a few weeks.
The young ones, the older ones, the babies.
What´s the problem ?
The get water and dry bread every second day and must only work 14

Are you a fashion master or disaster?  (I got this from AF, but thought some of
you all might have fun with it.)
I am a Master!
http://quiz.women.com/games/tests/master.htm

So, is that it?  Has everyone packed there toys and gone home?
rebecca

I want to relate an incident that happened a few days ago and get varied
feedback from people. I didn't think anything of it, but my wife is
quite concerned.
My wife and I were in bed covered, I had on a t shirt and no underwear.

Hello group
i recieved a letter from a girl that i dated many years ago we had remained
friends but lost contact four yrs ago (moving, etc)and today i dropped in
for a visit after the letter said she had to discuss important issues with

...tell your spouse you're going to rat out his kid if
it comes down to it? I'll tell you how *I* did it. Don't
try this at home, though, because results are still pending.
I'm pretty much stuck on wanting/needing to know WHY SS

The dumbest post ever, but
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Oh feel a bit better.
SS14. Goes to school in the freezing cold WITHOUT HIS COAT.

This past weekend Barclay and I had a whole night, well until my eldest came
home at 2.30 am, to ourselves.  It's the first time in over a month and it
was wonderful.  First it was our weekend, then the following weekend it was
my youngest's birthday, so she wanted a sleepover here ...