O Categories For the Stepparents August 2, 2021 One Thing You Should REALLY Stop Telling Stepmoms I have heard it from my parents, my husband, and my friends. Strangers on the internet have told me. It seems to be an understood..
W Categories For the Stepparents August 2, 2021 What I Learned from Being Roommates with My Stepdaughter’s Mom My stepdaughter’s mom, stepdad, and baby sister recently moved out after living with my husband and me for three months. Yep, you read that right...
T Categories For the Stepparents Uncategorized August 2, 2021 The Metaphor That Changed My Entire Perspective on the Stepmom Role I was in a really bad place. The slightest mention of the family he had before me sent me into turmoil and agony. I didn’t..
1 Categories For the Mums and Dads For the Stepparents August 1, 2021 15 Things Stepmom Wishes Her Husband Knew In that moment, I knew I couldn’t say anything to make him understand. I could verbalize my emotions until I was blue in the face,..
T Categories For the Stepparents August 1, 2021 Tell Me, Stepmom: Would You Rather Be Right or Happy? So often I see stepmoms calling moms horrendous names, and I see equally horrifying things from moms about stepmoms or the children’s fathers. It makes..
M Categories Agony Uncle - Ask Martin Articles For the Stepparents August 1, 2021 My Husband Changes When His Son Is Here My husband and I have a very strong and loving relationship. We spend a lot of time together and rarely argue. When his 11 year..
L Categories For the Stepparents August 1, 2021 Lessons Learned When I Embraced My Role as Second Wife Coming into my role as a second wife to the love of my life was no easy feat. It’s as if everywhere I turned there..
H Categories Agony Uncle - Ask Martin For the Stepparents August 1, 2021 How Do I Do Stepdadding? As a stepdad I am really unsure of my role and what I am supposed to do and what I am allowed to do. How..
M Categories Agony Uncle - Ask Martin For the Stepparents August 1, 2021 My Stepdaughter Doesn’t Like Me! I feel my stepdaughter does not like me. She doesn’t acknowledge me and sometimes will go a whole day without looking at me or talking..
T Categories For the Mums and Dads For the Stepparents July 31, 2021 Things I Wish My Stepchild’s Mom Knew I am often discredited as a stepmom blogger because my relationship with K’s mom is so great. I take very little credit for our positive..
F Categories For the Mums and Dads For the Stepparents July 29, 2021 Five Steps to Survive the Holidays and Save Your Sanity I’ve fixed the holidays for you. You’re welcome. Read on. Perhaps fixed is a touch overstating things, but the plan below will make you feel..
C Categories For the Whole Family July 29, 2021 Christmas Traditions: The Sibling Tree It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Last night, after two days of insistent urging, we drew names for the Sibling Tree. The Sibling Tree..
W Categories For the Stepparents July 29, 2021 Why I Don’t Love My Stepchildren as My Own When Gabe and I married, I understood I was committing to him and Sara, Amy, and Jack for the rest of my life. I had no idea..
S Categories For the Stepparents July 29, 2021 Surviving the Stepdaughter War My stepdaughter Amy has a war raging within her. It surfaced this weekend. “That’s not how mom makes potatoes,” she told me as I slid the..
T Categories For the Whole Family July 27, 2021 The Ugly Truth About Blended Families Last night, as we settled into bed with a glass of wine, Gabe shared that Caden had recently hurt his feelings. He’d planned an outing he thought..
