Nutty Stepmum's Club (NSC) - Who Wants To Join Us? (Thread 2)

[Squirrel3]

Ah ha! I knew I could get it to the two thousand posts!!!!

I wanted crocodile but it had been taken. Wont be getting a new pet for quite a while I think as have too much else to pay for. Heatings broken so need to get that fixed Lucky its warm now so it's not urgent.

PMSL alligator, Hope you are ok, hope to catch up and have a chat with you soon,

See ya later alligator!

Please, please someone come up with a solution about the sleeping problems when my stepchildren are here, I can't keep on having no sleep and expect to function normally and not feel any resentment at having them here.

Before anybody jumps on me, I don't resent them being here, but when you are so tired and you know that its because they are here its not easy not to feel a tinsy wincy bit of resentment.

I feel too old to sleep on the sofa (I feel about 292 today!) I can't sleep with dp, his snoring is too bloody loud, (I sleep in dsd's room when she isn't here) I feel like the living dead.

I feel like I don't have anywhere to sleep in my own home, (its my house, I pay the mortgage) and I have nowhere that I can say "This is where I sleep".

Sorry moan over, but it is getting tooooooooo much, I'm sooooooooooooooo tired.......

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Oh dear Squirrel

If I were you, I would make him sleep on the sofa. Honestly, I really would. I'd tell him exactly what you've said on here - it's your house, his snoring, so he should sleep elsewhere. If, sorry when, he grumbles about having to sleep on the sofa, tell him now he knows how you feel

Can he not get something done about his snoring? I've read about operations that can cure it?

Naam he has seen an ear nose and throat specialist about his snoring but the snoring is caused by a gastric reflux problem, he sufers from a lot of acid coming up from his stomach which has caused damage to his throat, they discovered it when during the operation he was having to cure the snoring problem a load of acid came up so they looked at his throat and found the damage. He has to have regular check ups because of the risk of cancer now.

I know its not his fault he snores but..... Arrrrrgh! He won't sleep on the sofa because he says he can't sleep on it (as if I can!), he does try but he gives up usually around 2am then he comes to bed and wakes me up anyway. I did ask him to get an air bed out of the loft so that he could sleep on that tonight but as you can see from the time of this post it didn't happen!

I need another bedroom!!!!!!!!! Any ideas????

My ex snored terribly Squirrel, so I can sympathise. It was like torture some nights. Sorry, no suggestions though.

Do you have room for him to build you an extension Squirrel? Or could he convert your loft?

Don't know what else to suggest but you're right, you do need another bedroom. Or you could suggest that his dd sleeps on the sofa....

Completely sympathise Squirrel - DH snores sometimes and it can feel like torture when you can't get any sleep. How about ear plugs - haven't tried them myself though.... Failing that I'd kick him downstairs! Hope you've got some sleep this weekend.

Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't been on in a while. Had a lot going on.

Think it is all sorted now.

How is everyone.

Hello workingmum I was wondering what had happened to you. How are things? Did you find a house?

Hope everyone else is OK

I'll be weighing myself in the morning....

NAAM - hope the diet is going well. If it's any consolation you will definitely be doing better than me! Net result so far = plus 1lb . Resolved to take the dog jogging - poor b** doesn't know what he is in for!

Working Mum - hope everything is OK now.

PMSL at the dog Loopy

I've lost 6lb so not bad so far. I have been very good, DP and dsd had a chinese on Monday - I had jacket potato with low fat cottage cheese [smle] I'm having a night off on Saturday though, it's DPs weekend off and dsd is going to her nan and grandad's for the night.

Wow! Well done NAAM. I'm nervously awaiting my first weigh in tomorrow. I had better have lost something, not being able to drink is sheer torture. I went to a lifeguard party on saturday and offered to drive. Everyone wondered what was up with me and why I hadn't taken my clothes off. Nothing was wrong I was just sober!

PMSL surfermum

Not drinking hasn't been a problem for me so far because DP has been on nights and I don't drink on my own

Does anyone know what a [smle] is??

How are things going at home NAAM?

Thanks for asking surfermum

Things are surprisingly OK so far, dsd is behaving herself and basically doing as she's told - had the odd battle with her but that's to be expected, she's a teenager after all

I really am find it very hard work though. I'm missing my privacy big time, I miss DP and I having time to ourselves, and dsd is soooooo untidy!! I admit I'm probably too much the other way but she really is very untidy, we're coaxing her into our way very slowly....

She's going to her Mum's for dinner tomorrow, first time she's seen her for over 3 weeks and they've only spoken without shouting a couple of times. We do think she'll go back home eventually, think it'll be a couple of months but we do think she'll go back

Thanks again for asking

after a lot of thinking, soul searching and arguments i have decided that for the sake of dd and dsd i will give relationship with dp another chance. he has changed a lot recently. he helps me out and we talk about problems. He has forgiven me for the worst thing a relationship can go thru and that must have been hard. it has been a hard decision but i hope it is the right one. the other option was very tempting (free cars, houses and unlimited cash) but there needs to be more to a relationship than bribing ( or giving incentives) someone. Something about him I can't trust. My gut says stick it out and it has been right on these kind of things before.
So How is everyone else

workingmum I hope you've made the right decision for all of your sakes, you're spot on though in that there's far more to life than money and I wish you all the luck in the world

I'm a bit "off it" at the moment, we have dsd living with us and it's really taking some adjusting. Don't know if it's permanent, we suspect probably not but who knows?

Looking forward to DP and I having a week's holiday on our own 5 weeks on Friday

Hello everyone. Glad to hear things are going well Naam, at home and with the diet. Think I'll be joining the alchohol free crowd here too (due to lack of funds more than anything else tho ). we can have a nutty sober stepmums club.
Good to here from you again WMNHS and am glad you and your dp are managing to work your way through things.

Hello alligator - I still when I see that name

Nutty sober stepmums club doesn't quite have the same ring somehow does it??

Hope squirrel's OK, bet she'll be on tomorrow

Sober def doesnt sound right. Hope Squirrel is manageing to get some sleep. I know how she feels about the lack mind as dd hasnt slept too well the past two nights. I feel like a vombie. THink I need to plan a holiday to make myself feel better.

We are at 1997 messages. Don't you have to start again at 2000. Well after this message it will be 1998 messages.
NSC thread 3 here we come

Good idea alligator - I think a holiday to look forward to is always very good therapy

Sorry your dd is not sleeping well, bet she keeps the whole house awake too which is not good when you have to be up for work

Blimey, you're right workingmum

who is going to make the third thread then