Is it too early for a drink?

[Petal02]

we're only 24 hours into the access weekend, and I'm already silently fuming. Nothing specific has happened, just the usual frustrations. The prospect of rain all weekend doesn't help either. Roll on 6pm Sunday!

): Ach, I hear you. It's tough isn't it sometimes.

No, it isn't too early for a drink. some weekends I drink a lot!

x

It'll soon be Sunday!

Wow, it's that attitude from my ex's wife that stoppped my 13 year old from having contact with her father!! She was so unwelcome, and it was obvious that her stepmother didn't want her there, .

I'd rather never get involved with a man with kids than have that kind of attitude towards his kids.

Are you a SM bafana?

Not all DCs are angels like your DD obviously is- some SM experience hell and MN is a safe place to vent so that the emotions don't spill into RL!

When you've been ignored, stolen from, sworn at, and generally treated like dirt yet are still expected to cook, clean and generally pander to a child with whom your only connection is their parent, it helps to let things go sometimes. If you're offended - don't read

We still have the rigid access rota, and DSS will be 18 in September.

PS - I echo NADM's sentiments. This is the only place that many of us can vent. If you don't like it, please read something else.

And it's a public forum, and I can post where I like, it makes me really sad to read, don't worry, going to hide this now, enjoy your pity party, get stuck in on the booze, wish your lives away,
Remember the children were there prior to you coming on the scene, but hey, them being in your space is obviously an issue.
Am going, won't be back. Take care

Well Dss should have been here 3 bloody hours ago! And we have to wait til he gets here to have tea. Ds is only 2 and waiting very patiently but grrrrrr!

petal - are youable to get out on your own during the weekend? A bit of shopping or child free lunch with friends?

I often try and arrange something for the weekends when we have DSSs - and my DS goes to XP. I don't have to be there - they can spend time with their father. DH doesn't mind that i go out so much - it makes it all a little calmer ;)

Where's the
I've had mine all week. They are here till Sunday and my boys have gone to their dads.
Step kids are being obnoxious and DP has gone all Disney dad again!!
I give up!!!

here

I don't like it when DSC here but my Ds isn't here. It feels wrong ??

Just bragging, but this weekend we are totally child free :) It must be one of the only perks of being from a seperated family - to get some weekends off.

Is there a good view up there on your moral highground Banana?
Don't judge us till you have been in our shoes!!!
Now ....

Supernanny it does feel wrong. I'm glad ita not just me!!!
I miss them more when the others are here.
Enjoy your weekend off !

I'm going to the Trafford Centre tomorrow, just to escape!

Stepmums are clearly wicked people - that's the sole and only reason why they find weekends with some step children difficult.

Obviously other factors such as a dad's poor parenting and an uncooperative ex has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Weirdly, my dd gets on well with her stepmum but then again her dad isn't a disney dad and we all parent cooperatively and sort out issues....What an idea!!

Petal02, get serious "me" time this weekend - despite what has been posted by others with NO experience you obviously provide a loving environment for dss (even if it costs you your sanity every other weekend).

Well I have just cooked them a nice dinner.
DSS has already announced he doesnt like it even though he has eaten it before. He is in a strop because he wanted to eat out when we went out last night and had a takeaway on Wednesday!
DSD is being adorable though so every cloud .....!
Roll on bedtime

I had DP little darlings for a week, so I need lots of .

Despite being at work for most of the time, I am finding the eldest to be a rude, arrogant, selfish, controlling little madam teenager testing the boundaries.

At nearly 16, I too am starting to wonder about the rota, she wants to alter it sometimes but never when her Mum wants time with her boyfriend, she is always keen to spend time winding me up with us as a family. Isn't that a co-incidence? Not!

I've had my DSC since last Sat, they were supposed to go home today but their mother has decided to go away for the weekend and text yesterday to say she won't be able to collect them until tomorrow and since we don't know where she is there is fuck all we can do about it - her words not mine

I've had the week off of work but DP has had to work and since he works nights it means I haven't had any child free time all week, I don't mind as my DSC are on the whole lovely but I was soooooooo looking forward to 1 day to myself before going back to work on Monday

This is the women who hasn't phoned them once since they've been here and on the one occasion that they phoned her she spent 2mins talking to them then said she had to go because she needed to have a shower as she was going out

Remind me never to get with anyone with kids.