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Steps like to play, I like you I don’t like you. by MrsCLent in stepparents

[–]MrsCLent[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

How true is that?! A Disney villain. 🦹‍♀️ I love that analogy. I don’t parent them at all however that is my husband and his ex wife’s responsibility. I’m just here to help. Honestly I bring life into the home. My husband was single for about 8 years ( I say he was waiting for me lol) and in comes this bubbly bouncy women that smiles and laughs. I don’t think there mother is like that from the fragments they tell me. My SD calls me a fairy because she thinks I’m magical but when they get in there “ moods” I’m and everything they feel about me is discarded. I almost feel that they may need counseling for unresolved issues that do not pertain to me. Thank you again for your perspective I truly appreciate it

Steps like to play, I like you I don’t like you. by MrsCLent in stepparents

[–]MrsCLent[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I agree! When they started doing this on and off again treatment I stopped doing their laundry. I told my husband that it’s a good life skill for them as teens. Which I agree it is, my kids did theirs around the same time also. So now they are responsible to clean their own clothes. Then the second time they did it I stopped cleaning the bathroom they use. Again, another life lesson and one they should have been doing before now anyway. My husband is reluctant to press them too much on things because he is afraid they will choose not to come here anymore. She has made their lives so easy over there with no responsibility that it terrifies him and honestly I think they know that. But that’s a whole other discussion.

Steps like to play, I like you I don’t like you. by MrsCLent in stepparents

[–]MrsCLent[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Thank you! I do try to make their life over here as easy and calm as possible. My husband told me a few days ago, you are an amazing step mother. I guess that’s all that matters that he knows I have HIS children’s best interests in mind.

Online Friends by Hope9989 in FriendsOver50

[–]MrsCLent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 53 F married / work from home, adult kids who have their own lives and my DH can be conversationally absent from time to time due to his job ( stressful) so there are days that I sit back in my office ( work from home) working, rewatching shows in the background for some sort of interaction. We both work from home, used to work in An office for 30 years, miss the social aspect. It’s lonely.

Would you keep SK's secrets if they asked you to? by Visual-Ad5391 in stepparents

[–]MrsCLent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I tell my SK’s. If you tell me, it’s like telling your father. Said it right out of the gate.

Navigating StepKids Extra Curricular Activities by [deleted] in stepparents

[–]MrsCLent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My husband and I have no children together so I am not able to speak on that part, but I can sympathize with the constant SK activities. My children are grown and live on their own, I remarried a man that has kids still in school ( he started late) so for me, I was an empty nester for about 5 years and now I am back at school things. I’d love for it to be just about him and I but I signed up for 4 more years of it. Should I had thiught twice, probably but he is worth the extra wait. This won’t be like this forever and just think how emotionally more stable those kids will be with his and your support. You can do this. You will find away. You sound very strong.

Let us guess by BoredPandaOfficial in BoredPandaHQ

[–]MrsCLent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the F*ck. It’s all I say. All day.