I Step Parent

Hi, first time poster, long time lurker. I have a 21 year old step daughter and a 20 year old step son. I am bio mother to my own 20 year old daughter, 18 year old son and 13 year old son. My problem is my step kids seem to be seeing...

I love your father. Please don't use the label home-wrecker when referring to me. I had never even heard of any member of your family before I met your father (which is surprising considering the things you have all done), and I met...

How can one Stepdaughter (SD) make so much trouble for a family?    She'll tell you:   I am to blame.  
My  22 year old SD is an only child.   I am not her first  Stepmother (SM) - there was another wife between her parent's...

Being a step parent can be a very lonely journey for some. You may be in the middle of chaos and mayhem in a busy household but who in the house really wants you there. You would like to think your partner does but sometimes that can be...

When we got together the oldest boy was 13, his twin brothers were 11 and the little girl was 8.  I'd had abortions as a teenager and miscarriages in my marriage.  When I turned 39 I looked in the mirror and said "well...

I have been a step parent for over 20yrs now. It had its ups and downs but overall it was the best experience of my life. Don't get wrong there were trying times, but isnt that what parenting is all about!! I am also mum to my son who...

I got married nearly 4 yrs ago and inherited two step-daughters-10 and 12. I didn't think too much of it at first because they were both little and quite sweet. I have been ill since I got married so have to deal with that too!
The...

My boyfriend still lives in the home his 'baby mama' (ex) picked out when they were house-hunting several years ago. They lived there with their daughter and her son (from a previous relationship) for about a year. I've lived in that...

I'll try and make this semi short. I have been a step parent of a now 15 year old since she was 4 years old. Her mother is in the picture, some comunication exists there. We are a split custudy family, week on-week off. My step...

This is my first time here. Being a step parent seems to be such a sensitive subject and very hard for me to talk about with my friends and family who aren't experiencing it. I really need to vent, I feel so utterly frustrated. I have...

i have been with my boyfriend for a year and a half now  and I love hime dearly. But is the hurt and fustration from his past making me feel like I am going crazy?Heres my story... My boyfriend has an eleven year old boy who is a very...

I look at my step kids faces sometimes, and smile at the memories and love.

And then inside I cry for a future which will never be.

I lost my first husband, Sam, in an RTA seven years ago, and remarried later to a lovely man, my...

Reading these stories on this site has both awaken me and scared me at the same time. Awaken because I now know that my 13 yr old SD has the same behavioral traits that most of the other kids on here have. It's also shown me that I'm...

I've read sooo many stories and shared mine. One thing I haven't seen yet is a story that got BETTER after a while. Does anyone have one? I would like to hear one. It would at least give me hope that I'm not wasting my time in my...

I'm not so sure any more. I thought I could brave it when I married my husband 5 years ago. He had 2 kids from a previous marriage. They were stand-off-ish toward me from the start. For the most part, they still are. We just haven't...

I met my boyfriend while he was in the last stages of his divorce.  I have a 17year old daughter and he has a 15 year old daughter.  I moved in wth my boyfriend cause we both cared for eachother and wanted to make a go of it.  He...

With all of the trauma, abuse and adversities I have experienced in my short life, parenting takes the cake.

I am a whopping 24-year-old helping my soulmate raise his 14-year-old daughter. Despite the common "blended family...

For some reason men do not understand women they cant comprehend what is being said or they are just not listening one. I tell my husband yeah we have 4 kids we have to put back money but does he listen no his moto is its just money...

I have been looking for advice on how to deal with my step son and found this site, any way here goes. I have been married to my wife for 5 years and we have been together for 6, when we met her son was 4 years old, we got along great...

Hello, feel a bit strange about telling my story on here to complete strangers, I guess the good part about is I will get honest & non biased Answers....

Basically I have been with my partner 3 year, we got married in December just...