Step-Parents Wine Drinking Club

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It seems the logical move.

DSD sends over 800 texts one month on the phone we pay for OH acting like an arse Weekend plans changed at last minute Cook dinner, then OH cooks something else as they 'just fancy xxxxx'

glug, glug, glug, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

TB- Congratulations!!! Glad to have you back, I was wondering how you were doing.

Cheers to your DS!

Happy to drink for you

Congratulations TB - cracking open a bottle as we speak.

Just to toast you, of course! (ahem)

MJ my love, am seeing things (or not seeing things) have some posts disappeared from that other thread??

something about creepy crawly skin?

eh?

by the way

Congratulations Tooting! A Baby Boy, that's my favourite sort!

Oh i see it, sorry.

So, a mother can call her child a little shit on the internet (and in real life it seems), a woman can brand her mother-in-law a witch, her brother's children spoilt brats, but.. a stepmother is not permitted to refer to her stepchild as rude or stroppy??

Interesting....

Night Night everyone, sweet evilnightmares dreams.

congratulations tootingbec

jonesy - you hit the nail on the head. They never seem to have an answer to that one though.

Congratulations Tooting! What a happy start to the day again!

Hi girls- had a lovely evening with DH over nice dinner and wine last night- It's good to catch up as we are always so busy with work/girls!

Not feeling too great today so I'm taking it easy and working from home. The girls are a bit sniffly too but they went to school happily so nice quiet day at home for me.

Tooting hope you are settling nicely with baby boy- really pleased for you.

Jonesy- you made me laugh with your posts from last night!

What's orange and invisible?

No carrots!

Grocery delivery has arrived, - no blinkin' carrots, arse!!

Arse!

Ooooh let me join! Please!
I have posted before on other threads, however my nickname gave too much away! So have changed and am back.
I have a 2yr old and a 5yr old DSD. DSD is with me 5 nights one week, 2 the next. I take her to school, go to sports days, sort out school stuff for mum and dad, am invited to all assemblies.... yet mother doesn't want me at the parents evening for no valid reason at all. Seems us SP's are allowed in a child's life when it is convenient!
Bottle of Rose in the fridge, but I've got the school run to do this afternoon... damn!

Congratulations Tootingbec and welcome to your DS.

And welcome to wrongagain - glad to see that you realise that us step-mums can do nothing right :) Though am sure our dh's wouldn't agree !!

My DP has fought my corner today about parents evening. I am going. End of.
No she isn't mine, but I do a hell of a lot for her and treat her as mine and she see's herself as my daughter.
She does love her mother, and I will never be her mother but she will feel loved by me and never pushed out of my family.
God help us all!!!

Welcome wrongagain- it's been a tough few days for us but hey, nothing we're not used to !

I never went to parents evening for DSS's bu then DH was never told about them any way. he ended up having his own meetings with the school.

However their step-dad went to everything with their mum. But that was ok because he lived with her and them !!

Still trying to work out though, why whenever there was a problem in their house (ie the children had been fighting and broken something), DH used to get a phone call telling him to sort it out :)

In your case wrongagain it seems you all share her care, so yes you should be involved. After all I bet you sit there and help her with homework :)

I do indeed share her care, I also work my hours around her, pay for most of the school things, make sure she has everything she needs (and more!) read with her, make sure all letters between school and home are sorted and discuss things with the teacher. Her mother and my DP don't often do school run's so its left to me.

Newest one in our house...
I noticed DSD's breath smelt and asked her if she cleaned her teeth at her mum's, she told me no so I became really vigilant in making sure it was done here. DP asked her mother if she was making sure she cleaned her teeth and she said yes of course.
So I asked DSD last night, have you been cleaning your teeth at mummy's house... She said "I do clean my teeth at mummy's now" So my DSD's mother is now making sure her teeth are cleaned after she was pulled up on it!

At least its being done now, although isn't cleaning teeth part of everyones daytime routine?

I have been watching the troubles from the last few days... bloody perfect women with their perfect families and perfect lives, I hope to god they never end up like us!

Well I did discuss it with the teacher, he said we could have a meeting with him on our own another time but he does encourage parents to go together. I am a parent, albeit a step who has alot to do with the child who lives in my house. Why shouldn't I be there? Will find out what DP said to persuade her when he gets back from work, her argument was "she is our daughter not wrongagain's" and "you can just tell her what was said." The latter would work in theory if my DP wasn't a forgetful bugger!

I wanna join :) got my DSD this weekend which I can't wait for but as we've not had her for 2 weeks (her RM's) weekend she usually plays up cos mummys told her shit about us again!! Oh it's a good job I love DP and DSD isn't it

Yay thankyou :)

I really should be working maybe 5 more min then