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step-difficult child coming to live with us!?!! pls help
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<blockquote data-quote="myfirstandlast" data-source="post: 112927" data-attributes="member: 3420"><p>Just looking at this again, since the cycle is repeating right now.</p><p></p><p>I sound so selfish and judgemental toward her here, and I'm sorry. I really didn't feel in control of my life.</p><p></p><p>I want to be the kind of stepmom that my dad's longtime girlfriend was to me. She was always kind, but always firm, and I respected her so much and did what I was told and LIKED her.</p><p></p><p>I avoided, ignored, and fought with my stepdad, which was much worse growing up, because I lived with him and my mother. I figure she's going to "like" me a lot less now that she'll be living with us. She only had to tolerate me 4 days a month before. :wink:</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm sorry for how I sound ... I do NOT have contempt for her ... just frustration and fear. It was such a struggle and a journey to get my bio kids out of my former abusive marriage ... and I did it so that my then-3 y.o. bio daughter would not have the environment to overcome that my step daughter has had for 14 years ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="myfirstandlast, post: 112927, member: 3420"] Just looking at this again, since the cycle is repeating right now. I sound so selfish and judgemental toward her here, and I'm sorry. I really didn't feel in control of my life. I want to be the kind of stepmom that my dad's longtime girlfriend was to me. She was always kind, but always firm, and I respected her so much and did what I was told and LIKED her. I avoided, ignored, and fought with my stepdad, which was much worse growing up, because I lived with him and my mother. I figure she's going to "like" me a lot less now that she'll be living with us. She only had to tolerate me 4 days a month before. [img]:wink:[/img] Anyway, I'm sorry for how I sound ... I do NOT have contempt for her ... just frustration and fear. It was such a struggle and a journey to get my bio kids out of my former abusive marriage ... and I did it so that my then-3 y.o. bio daughter would not have the environment to overcome that my step daughter has had for 14 years ... [/QUOTE]
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