This could go on for a long time but I will try to keep it brief. After another monumental row with stepson I am at the end of my tether. I have been with my dh for about 4 and a half years his son from a previous marriage is nearly 14 and lives with us permanently, his mother died when he was 3. My dh also has another ds who stays with us every other weekend and who lives with his Mum..no problems there. I have a four month old ds who is a joy and is my first child. I have lived with dh for 4 years and his son and it has always been difficult, we have had social services involved and counselling from the NSPCC for stepson, he is disruptive, rude continually on report at school and if not falling out continually with dh then it is with me. When it was just the 3 of us I coould cope but now with a baby I cannot go on with the conflict. We have a lovely home and I do try to be reasonable with stepson but I cannot keep enduring the arguments..tonite after a row about hwk he threatened to harm himself if I spoke to my dh about it.. he even picked up a knife not that this is the first time he has threatened this although not recently. He has been through counselling and so have we but it seems to have made no difference...help I could go on but I see no light at the end of the tunnel, dh is working until 04.00 am and we are trying to find a solution without resorting to contacting social services
thanks