Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / June 2004

Hi...I'm new....and feeling like a total idiot....i love my husband very
much..and when we got together i truly thought this would be easier...boy
was i wrong....he has 2 kids with his ex...they were never married....and
in the past 6 months she's only let them see him three times.. ...

Does anyone know how I can find a step parenting support group in my area?

I have a new son.  I have 3 children to my ex (not involved, no child
support etc).  My new son is to my current boyfriend.  He has a daughter
(13 years) from a previous relationship.  Me and him have been having
problems since day 1.  He wont pay bills, accept responsibility for

Trying to see if this Outlook Express thingy is working properly.

OS is being a PITA again.  Don't you just love 16?
Anyhow, he wants to move out on his own (again).  I've told him the
requirements for that - diploma and enough cash in his bank account
that he can pay 1st and last on an apartment, plus enough money to pay

 anyone have any real good advice on how to survive this nightmare?????
Che

Jane, you're nuts. Geri, I totally agree. LOVED IT!! I can't wait for
it to be on DVD.
Anne

DD is with her dad.  This is the first time she's seen him in four
and a half months.  She's only talked on the phone with him
four/five times for a few minutes at a time.
I hope he doesn't do something or say something stupid and muck it

It is so dull around here.  
Anyone buy "the book" yet?  Anyone going to see F911 on Friday?  Any web sites
showing the latest beheading?
jane

I won't... I won't!!
And I'm not going to Georgia to tell that woman what I'm thinking
right now.  Thankfully, she's way out there, and I'm not.
OS and YD's BM arranged their airfare for this summer's visit.

my husband has full custody of his 3 children...2 boys and 1 girl....the
boys love me and want to call me mom...but the girl (13 yrs old) hates me.
since her dad and i have been married (almost 5 yrs) she has secretly
tried to cause problems.  she is upset, i think, because she ...

For your consideration on this Father's Day, a column from the Oregonian:
http://tinyurl.com/yvka9  "Nothing's wrong with stepfathers but the word" by
obituary writer Joan Harvey.
Had a long and satisfying talk with SS25 today. No, he's neither a father

Just passed the health inspection!  That's one more thing off our
adoption checklist.  
All we've got left now is getting the fire inspection done (slated for
this afternoone), getting YS's TB test done (hoping his BF will get

I have been in a committed relationship for over 5 years with a woman who is
a wonderful mother of four neat kids.  She was still married when we first
started seeing each other.  She separated from her ex roughly a year
afterward -- divorced him a year after that.

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