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Step-Mothers Get No Respect: Reflections on the Major Suck that is Step-Parenting
No one ever gives step-parents any props. For the most part, being a step-parent is either stigmatized or shrouded in mystery, never idolized. I experienced both the stigma and the misunderstandings. Even now, a year after I’ve relinquished the role, it still sucks that I got no respect for my tenure as someone’s step-mother.
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Labors Lost: Laments on the Thankless Nature of Raising Someone Else’s Child
Reflecting on the thankless nature of raising someone else's child. Being a step-parent isn't easy. Who knew?
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Working My Nerves
Even after the divorce the ex continues to pin the blame for random things on me. He is working my every last nerve.
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Prom Nightmare
Pop quiz hot-shot: Your 17-year-old tells you on Monday night he needs money for prom tickets cause he asked a girl to go and she said yes. Tuesday night you find out the prom is in 3 days and Wednesday is the last day to buy tickets and there is no money in the budget for this last-minute expense… What do you do? What do you do??!! Well, if the 17-year-old in question is my hapless step-son, notorious for misinformation and bad decisions, I say NO, along with an accompanying hour lecture on the consequence of his piss-poor planning, done mostly for the husband’s benefit, as he was looking like…
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Notes from the Meeting of the RSA
Step through the past, present, and future notes from the meeting of reluctant stepparents anonymous.
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