Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / July 2004

Thanks for the responces, I am sorry if I offended anyone by using mom & dad
in quotes! I think some details may have been left out in my story. First
off my daughter bio dad & I were not married. We dated before he left us for
another women. Second he wanted very little to do with ...

I enjoy reading this newsgroup as I need all the help I can get with my 20 year
old stepson (who lives with us ...he is going to college).  I am constantly
amazed at all the "garbage"...smut on this newsgroup.  Can't anyone clean up
all this garbage from the site?  We stepparents ...

i have 3 children from a previous marriage. Their father abandom us. I
filed for divorce. He did not appear. The divorce was granted with no set
visitation/child support. He has never seen/called his kids since he left
us. I have re-married after living with my new husband for over ...

Konnichiwa I'm Sha-kun, Kitten's and Chewy's daughter. This summer I
went to my bio-moms house. It was cool during the first week or so but
when I started to tell my mom what I thought about the war in Iraq and
the whole home-schooling thing, we started to fight.  It wasn't until

my friend has 2 children from a man she is not married to.  They have lived
together since before she was pregnant with their eldest. They are
spliting up BUT until another issue is resolved they still live in the
same house, separte bedrooms. She was told that because they live in ...

I talked to YD about writing a letter to BM.  She didn't want to.
Then I suggested that she write out her thoughts and feelings here, in
the NG, so that she can get a good handle on them and get some good
feedback; then she can write a letter to BM.  She thought that

Things had been going just fine with OS since he and YD got back from
their BM's.  And then yesterday morning, everything hit the fan when
it came time for him to figure his %-ages of his paycheck (40% to
savings, 35% to household, 10% to tithe wherever he chooses, and 15%

OK.  We *think* that went well.  She just left.  It was a full day
since she had to talk with all six of us.  She spoke with YS over the
phone since he's still at his father's house.
First she spoke with me for nearly 2.5 hrs, then while I was working

Hi all, I am a SM to a 7yr old little girl.  I am having a problem and
wanted to know others viewpoints. I will try to make this short.
 My husband and I met when BM was pregnant with SD. It was like a "one
nighter" and oops- you know the rest.  SO I have been in SD's life since

I have been with my husband for 30 years. about 7 years ago he had an
affair and a daughter was born. Meanwhile I gave birth apparentley one
year later to my third son. My other boys are adults with their own
children my 6 year old is disabled with cerebral palsy. I stayed with

My stepson just turned 18 and has no idea what responsibility is. My
husband indulges him and sets no boundries. It's driving me crazy!

You may have already seen these - they are articles about creative voter
registration events (since you mentioned parties a couple of times).
http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-vote21.html
http://www.ydsc.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=81&Itemid

OK, I've processed this enough to start writing about it.  My son
reached critical meltdown with high school, and flunked himself out of
his private school.  He lost his appeal to remain for his senior year.
When we checked out the public high school, we found out that they

I met with Kathleen and K for lunch.  They are absolutely lovely!  I'm
looking forward to getting together with them again.
Kitten
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Geri, Did you send me an e-mail with an attachment?
rebecca