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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 347058" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Okay, piece by piece... Yes, everyone needs to understand bills but... Sounds to me like husband and his kid need a family vacation, and you and yours need a family vacation.</p><p> </p><p>If everyone is not getting along to that point, it's not a vacation. More like enforced time together. Sounds to me like a recipe for disaster.</p><p> </p><p>One thing that helped me when husband and I were having major problems, and my stepdaughter was a big part of that, was taking a step back and spending time with friends. LOTS of time. I also began taking antidepressants again, because my mood swings were more than I could handle. Stress-related anxiety and depression, with panic attacks included.</p><p> </p><p>But stepping away, and looking at it from a slightly wider point of view, helped me. So then I could come back and <em>calmly </em>tell husband... This is what I can live with... This is what is a deal breaker... And Onyxx <strong>has <em>got </em>to get help</strong>. Well, things have gotten better. He says he's changed his MO because my mood swings aren't as bad. I'm not nearly as miserable as I was because he has changed his MO. So mood swings lessened... It's circular.</p><p> </p><p>NOW, that said. XH and I didn't have any kids, but <em>he</em> was the difficult child. Maybe I was too, who knows. I backed off and saw that I had to get out to preserve my sanity.</p><p> </p><p>Just my $0.02 - I do not know if it will help - but one more thing.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><strong>{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 347058, member: 6705"] Okay, piece by piece... Yes, everyone needs to understand bills but... Sounds to me like husband and his kid need a family vacation, and you and yours need a family vacation. If everyone is not getting along to that point, it's not a vacation. More like enforced time together. Sounds to me like a recipe for disaster. One thing that helped me when husband and I were having major problems, and my stepdaughter was a big part of that, was taking a step back and spending time with friends. LOTS of time. I also began taking antidepressants again, because my mood swings were more than I could handle. Stress-related anxiety and depression, with panic attacks included. But stepping away, and looking at it from a slightly wider point of view, helped me. So then I could come back and [I]calmly [/I]tell husband... This is what I can live with... This is what is a deal breaker... And Onyxx [B]has [I]got [/I]to get help[/B]. Well, things have gotten better. He says he's changed his MO because my mood swings aren't as bad. I'm not nearly as miserable as I was because he has changed his MO. So mood swings lessened... It's circular. NOW, that said. XH and I didn't have any kids, but [I]he[/I] was the difficult child. Maybe I was too, who knows. I backed off and saw that I had to get out to preserve my sanity. Just my $0.02 - I do not know if it will help - but one more thing. [SIZE=5][COLOR=red][B]{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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