Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / December 2005

I met a year and a half ago and now live with a wonderful man.  I am
just the girlfriend.
When I met him he had recently returned to the area after having moved
out of state for about a year and a half, and he came back having lost

I just wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Renée and my SO and I live in the Netherlands.  My partner
has 2 children from his previous relationship, a son 4 (nearly 5) and
daughter 7 (nearly 8).  They are with us every other weekend.  This

Wishing you all health and happiness
Wendy

Though I'm not a frequent poster here, I have posted about my kids on
occasion.
Today DD was notified that her early-decision application to Columbia
was accepted!

My step daughter is very cynical. She is 13, has no friends at school (she
been going to the same school since 2nd grade... she's in 7th).
She called her grandmother (my husbands mother) to say that she hated it
here. I don't keep the house clean. She wants to go live with her

Hi,This is my first time posting on a board.  My husband and I have
been together for nearly 5 years.  We were married this past June.  He
has two daughters, 16 & 15 and I have two daughters, 10 & 6.  Life was
great...he had 50/50 custody with his x-wife and our weekends were

I recntly married a single father with a 3 year old son about 6 months
ago. I myself have no children and this is my first experience with
children not counting ocaasional visits from friends kids.
My husband has 50 percent custody of his 3 year old. The kid is with us

I love my step son like crazy, but I've had it with his big mouth and your
not my real mom crap.  His biological mother (I refuse to call her his
real mom because she doesn't do a damn thing for him) is a major piece of
trash.  She hardly ever calls or visits him.  I know this hurts ...

Ahhh! I am so stressed out!  I am the SM of a 7 year old second grader.  My
husband and I knew he was having trouble in school but we found out just
how bad this week.  I went to a meeting with BM and school cause my
husband had to work.  They gave us a report on why the TEACHER ...

I just dropped in to say hello.  I see lots of familiar names!  I hope
everyone is doing well.
Things have changed a lot for our family.  Chewy and I bought a small
farm 2 years ago.  We're still homeschooling the two younger children,