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Step-parenting

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It's 8.30pm on a Sunday night, so let's play my favourite game...
144
Ffs Mumsnet stop deleting posts on the realities of step parenting
79
How do you pay for Christmas?
23
Birthday parties? Who goes?
82
Siblings
23
DSC old toys etc
26
Use of the term 'stepmother' in the press
56
Talk to me about blended families and Wills
47
Step parents in Christmas films [edited by MNHQ to fix typo]
15
Everyone has covid & life has never been so peaceful.
9
Dealing with rejection
111
Involvement in a kids birthday party
26
DSS telling other children I'm his mum
38
Expecting to see DC every weekend
194
Need to get this off my chest
89
Am I being unreasonable by not wanting my partners ex in our house we are buying together?
248
Double standards
78
Willing to be told I'm hormonal
21
I think I'm done
5
CMS- what is it for?
48
Can't decide whether to end things...
44
Giving up on this step-parenting lark
110
Struggling Stepdad
28
Anyone here got step kids who just hate them for no reason at all?
73
Adoption
1
Access being denied for the umpteenth time
34
Step son not saying 'Hello' when he visits
90
Shy Stepson
10
Single mother by choice
12
How important really is treating all children exactly the same?
47
What would you do?
18
Comments from Stepdaughter about my pregnancy.
44
How do you split child costs?
52
AIBU to just have a photo shoot of one child?
179
Christmas and getting through it
34
When will the bath time stop?
148
Should I end it?
18
Am I just being petty? (Sharing Subscriptions etc)
390
A support cafe for any step mums out there!
726
AIBU for being annoyed that DP can't sort dates out months in advance!!!
40
DSS suddenly won’t visit
14
Disney dad and new baby
22
Thoughts on tracking phone apps?
43
"Yeah but yours...."
4
Interesting behaviour six year old
10
AIBU to not want to spend this time with his children?
300
DSD and bodily odour issues
29
Ideas for split Xmas day adult alone
101
Being a step parent in 50/50 custody split
37
Cutting the tension with a knife
15