Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / May 2004

About the health insurance: ex said it had been cancelled in error,
that part of the ex's severance included the company paying the
cobra premium till Jan1st.  That is a huge relief.  He went to the
company and had that confirmed.

last spring when I refused my ex's 'offer' of  a settlement for
support he told me if I didn't take it, he'd quit his job and SOHA
playing guitar on the beach.
yesterday he knocked on the door and said he had been fired from his

Lately my SD has been acting out. She has to argure and fight my husband
and I about everything(and her mother).
And I know, she's 7 years old, I guess a lot of that is typical but when
we are together it feels like all we do is disipline and we have to watch

Okay, just for ducks.  Here's a question on my mind.  How do you guys _know_
that your spouse/SO respects you?  Specific actions? Words?  How do you
_know_ your ex respects you?  (If the reasons are different.)
I've asked a few people IRL today, and all of them had trouble answering ...

Hi, i'm 22 and the step mom to a beautiful little boy Austin who is 3. His
father is Jason who is 29.  I have been in his life since he was 9 months
old and love him like he is my own.  Are their any other young step
parents here?  Oh and we are currently TTC a child of our own.  We ...

my wife and i have been together since 94 and been married since 96 . my
wife has been married twice before and she has 2 daughters from her
first marriage they are 22 and 20 the 22 yr old is married and lives on
her own , the 20 yr old lives at home when we first got together the

My future SS is five and we have him EVERY weekend. Im 23 and I have been dating his father for over a year. I can't seem to find any common ground with him. I feel like he doesnt listen or talk to me. I love kids, I have a god-daughter who is 5 and a godson who is 2, I spend ...

My 11 year old son, is trying to break up my marraige to his step dad.  He
is winning.  My husband moved out last night, because for the second time,
my son called CPS and told them his step dad beats him.  The first time
they didn't really believe it, but this time, he had a small ...

Coming up on my 5th year anniversary (sniff, sniff ).
I just googled up my first post, and am now more depressed because clearly,
not much has changed.  Sigh.  On the bright side, I'd forgotten that Robotti
was the first person to respond to me, and Geri and Jane were right in there

Okay, for those of you who don't know me, I have an 8YO SS.  I live in
California.  SS's parents have been in court a number of times over custody
issues, starting when they split just after SS turned 2.  They currently
share custody, BM has primary physical.  They are just ...

If NCP moves out of state, is the CP supposed to pay half of the
transportation cost each time kids fly to visit NCP?  IE x-mas, Spring Break
and Summer?
papers are very ambiguous regarding transportation, they just say it is to

DH and I have a SD who is 16, thinks that the world is in a huge
conspiracy to deny the fact that she's totally grownup and should be
making her own decisions 100% without any interference.  I'm seriously
thinking that when she turns 18 we should just turn her loose; give

I'm new to the group.  Anyone out there in my situation?  My kids are grown
(21 and 32).  My DH has two (7 and 10) with visitation.  No anger not
fighting with the exes, that is all behind us.  As "they" say, "been there,
done that", but some frustrations on day to day issues and I ...

Hi, here is a brief intro to my mess...i am a mom to 3 great kids adn am
now engaged to a wonderful man with 2 kids of his own. we have recently
acquired custody of his kids because he fought hte mother in court based
on some pretty serious "parenting" issues that she woudl not ...

Great story this guy got 8 1/2 million hits on his sale at ebay
For Sale: One Slightly Used Size 12 Wedding Gown. Only worn twice: Once
at the wedding and once for these pictures.
Make: Victoria