@sunshinelover69
Each to their own I guess but we live in a BIG 4 bed house which costs a lot to heat, maintain, lots of cleaning required etc and I don't intend to keep that into retirement in 10 years or so when it's just two of us permanently living there, just so that we have space for visiting kids.
Actually Sunshine Instead of moving out of the office which you had the audacity to claim in a home that you bloody pay for, what you should do is move out completely of your SS house (as it can never be called yours, ever) but before he turns up.....
Golden rule number one - please for Gods sake make sure that the red carpet is rolled out of the front door and down the garden path with you and your daughter either side waving flags in anticipation for the 'royal visit'. It has to be just you and your daughter mind you as 'you're not the FIRST family.
Golden rule number 2 - DO NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH SS! He is far to important to be dealing with the likes of you. You are to look at the ground at all times and mumble how ffing grateful you are at the special opportunity you have been given to run around after his arse for the next 6 ffing days. (Hastag ffingblessed!)
Golden rule number 3 - You must of course pay for everything, cook what ever he wants, when ever he wants, or provide a menu if needs be because you are obviously an Ffing restaurant too.
Golden rule number 4 - You MUST be a doormat during the duration of the visit and you must NEVER complain. If the gaming goes on until 2am embrace it (oh it's so much fun existing on 3 hours sleep) hell even give up sleep altogether just in case SS is peckish during the night. Got to be on call you know.
Golden rule number 5 - DO NOT come on this forum and vent. NO NO NO. You are a highly intelligent, confident, well paid home provider for your daughter and his sons. You of course treat all the children equally, you cook, clean run the house, pay the bills and afford everyone a very comfortable lifestyle and with your years of SMing you have also managed to send a young adult out into the world brimming with confidence and enjoying his life..... BUT you are an SM.
Sigh.... why do women constantly keep other women down. I have listed all the above as tongue in cheek based on other posts I have read. I have a home, I paid for it, it's my home, it really is that simple. I am not unwelcoming to anyone who wants to come into my home, but it does not change the obvious, it is still mine.
I cook for my Partner and SS all the time. If I am cooking and my DP tells me 'oh by the way SS has decided he wants to stay at home gaming then yes I get annoyed. I have usually spent the full day at work, shopped on the way home (more often than not buying 2 different meals as SS is fussy), paid for it all, got it home, prepared it, cooked it and then get the call FIFA is more ffing important. Oh well fuck me, I will just put this time, effort and money in the bin shall I? I have ran a household with stroppy teens, and do you know what ladies, at times their inconsideration pissed me off, and incase you think it doesn't happen in 'first families' there were times when I moaned about it too. It makes no difference whether or not they are your own teens or step teens, they can be bloody annoying and they can be told off.