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Is there a way to be ok again with adult step son?
14
Unblended
14
DSD very overweight - what can DP do?
9
Ex wants sensitive information about my DD or NC
62
If your teenage stepkid upset you, would you tell them?
105
Not being the "favourite" household
35
Meeting the ex wife - practical advice
30
Husbands and partners - a manifesto?
9
Mum & money
63
Recently discovered I have a stepdaughter
16
Thing that make you eye roll (lighthearted…sort of)
43
Excluded from days out
64
8 year old swearing
3
How do I pull back my feelings on this one?
14
Suspect step kids may have intentionally damaged my possessions
25
DP's ExW Silent Treatment
108
Struggling
9
Sly Comments About Me In Front of Step Kids
3
Yes I knew he had kids
358
Help!
5
Specific issues order for child's passport
9
Nightmare ex advice
34
Disney world dilemma with dsc!!
359
Step parenting becoming hard
18
DSS coming to live with us
20
Stepdaughter hurtful
8
Leaving a child with step-parent overnight: what's the law?
214
Inviting DSS friend round.
17
Step child moods?
9
CSA increase
27
Things we do
77
Move from blended living to living apart together
190
Please help at breaking point
168
Help! DP's ex won't let him go to DSS's football practice
58
AIBU step children stay over without me even being asked
32
Making it easier for step-parent
19
The ex’s best friends kids
5
Qualities you need as a stepmum
61
Wanting to move in together - child doesn't want to
27
Called a slag by BF's son...
294
2YO DD hot & cold with new BF
32
Am I unreasonable?
44
Dh being made redundant
349
Struggling like mad
21
SDs constant requests and focus for gifts/money.
38
AIBU - gifting
65
Can my adult step children challenge our mirror wills?
46
Don’t want stepson all the time
905
Should I not have asked this?
22
Step dads and involvement with the kids
42