blended familes question SM and BM at it again

Laura - posted on 07/27/2012

If I had one wish, it would be that we could all co-parent and get along.
It's sad to see the stories on here.
My DD's SM refuses to speak to me. In the past 4 years since she became a part of our lives, the only words she's ever spoken to me were 'I don't have to get a long with you and I ain't gonna'.

For someone who doesn't know me at all, she sure has a lot of negative things to say about me to my daughter.

For all the BM's and SM's out there that are just trying to co-exist and give your children a good home and lots of love, stay patient and keep smiling.

Stefani - posted on 06/07/2012

NO !!! I am the SM, and BM has hated me the second I stepped in their lives. Shes tried to be up my boyfriends a** whatever chance she can. She's always had to have things her way. Calling him whenever she wants to just talk or whatever. Ive complained to my BF all these things that bother me and he runs and tells her. Their daughter plays the victim every chance she can and shes no angel. Causes BM to think im just some jerk bc shes too childish to call and ask me. 5 yrs this has been going on :(

Lisa - posted on 03/20/2012

I am the step Mom of 3 boys and my two biological girls My husband and I raised them in the house together. We were very lucky that neither biological parent on both sides was very interested in what went on in our house. Not to say that we didn't have issues we had many. The best thing we ever did was we never disagreed in front of them. We would go in our room and come up with a united front to present to all of them, we would then have family meetings to resolve the conflict. Much as they tried they could not separate us. They ranged in age from 7 to 14 when we got married, all kids had emotional baggage from divorces and abandonment issues with the Mom. I decided that I had one job and it was to love them all and treat all with respect and dignity and it would work out. 19 years later we are all still together and there are no steps in this house don't need the labels

Devyn - posted on 03/19/2012

you know not alll stepmom's are bad I"m a stepmom and a damn good one too!

Dusty - posted on 03/18/2012

Fortunately, my children don't have a step-mom because the only child I have that isn't biologically my husband's child does not know his biological father (for good reasons.) However, I am a step-mom to a 4 year old little girl. In the beginning, I fully intended not to overstep my boundaries. My top priority was that she followed the rules while she was with us. Whatever she did at her mother's house, really wasn't my business. After awhile, I realized exactly how shitty of a mother she really had. She was constantly dirty when she came to our house, never had clothes that fit, & more than once you could literally smell the pot that her mother had been smoking around her on her clothes, & in her hair. That's when I decided to step in to be a real mother to her. She needed someone there!! This was about 2 1/2 years ago. We just recently went to court over this, & unfortunately her bio mom won primary physical custody. My husband & her share joint legal custody, & now she can't pull the crap that she won't let us see my step-daughter (she used to do this whenever we wouldn't give her money, etc) because the court ordered visitation. Her bio mom seems like she is doing better for herself (I don't think she's on the drugs anymore, & she has job that she's held for about 4 months now). Unfortunately for her, I am not going to just step out of my step daughter's life. I told her that I was the one who provided everything for her previously (my husband lost his job) so that I would continue to be a mother to her. Her bio mom wasn't very happy to say the least, but my step daughter always comes to me with things, she's always wanting me to take her out, paint her nails, do her hair, etc. I feel this would be overstepping my boundaries IF her mother was a good mother to her, but because of her bio mom's previous stunts, I feel that right now I am doing more good than harm for my step-daughter.

Kay - posted on 03/16/2012

As a future stepmom, I think that is ridiculous. My dear stepdaughters have a mom--thy don't bee two. I have tried to let them know that I am there for them if they need me, but I would never step over into parenting them...I read a 'rule' in a post here that summed it up perfectly. "Let the biological ones do the parenting."



Now, we do have rules for our house that we expect to be followed when they are with us, but that is about the extent of my influence and I like it that way. :)

Maree - posted on 03/15/2012

My sons step mum is awesome...i could not ask for a better woman to care for my son when he is at his useless dads house. I don't know whay she is with him but anyway....



We get along great,she and their daughter were in my wedding,she is my daughter's god mother and our babies are 11 days apart.



My son is a lucky boy to have such a fantastic family and all the love he could ever ask for by so many people.





I also have a step son whose mother is an absolute piece of shit.

She has stopped at nothing to ruin our life together.

She accused my husband and i of abusing his son and made it almost impossible for us to see him,my husband was prevented from picking his son up from school...she would only meet him in a carpark and then not at all for several months.



The family court let us down terribly.

They made it clear that the sport that the bitch enrolled the child in (which he didn't really even care about) was more important than family and if my husband wanted to see his son he must go to the games,give up work,family time,parties or anything he may have wanted to do with his son...he was also told that i must prove myself as a worthy woman to be around his son.



This woman is a piece of work. She has always told us what we can and can't do...if we don't do it she denies visitation and says it's in the childs best interests.

He is not looked after and they do not even live in a propper house that has a bathroom or propper facilities....and she thinks WE are doing the wrong thing.



It has been getting a little better lately as she has finally got herself a life and left us alone....oh and guess what !!!! The sport is not so important now that she got the consent order that she wanted...apparently the child doesn't really want to play it so she took him out....well wasn't that worth all the fighting between them and the suffering for the child...



I will never do that to my son as much as i don't agree with his dads ways. He has rights and i let him do as he pleases as long as my son is happy and safe. I think getting in the middle of someone elses relationship claiming it's because the child "needs" you to is a cop out...and it screams jealousy !!!!



I am not jealous and i have been given no reason to act like a bitch...not recently anyway lol.



The bio mum of SS however...well i have no doubt she is a jealous bitch as well as a control freak....rant over !!!!