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Being a sm often seems to put me between a rock and a hard place. I
have three non-custodial children and a fourth child in our home from a
previous marriage. As you say things seem to be one sided and often
never enough. It has taken five long hard years to settle into the
dubious space I occupy even now. There is jealousy and selfishness
between the kids quite often. The situation is complicated by a lack of
communication between exes as well as a vindictive nature that puts the
children between two feuding adults...should I continue? The saga
certainly does. I must admit to moments of sanity that are few and far
between. I'm sure I am not alone. You are definitely not alone in what is a really hard battle. Most mothers have precious little time to be kind, sane people. Stepmothers have even less time -- - what little free time and sanity they have is often taken up by dealing with logistics and sometimes feuds. All mothers can feel pressure to be superwoman- and this pressure that can come from kids, husbands, in-laws, your own parents, from the media and from inside yourself. Stepparents have exponentially more reasons to feel pressure. They have many more individuals who will apply this pressure, often in a rather nasty way. Hard to feel sane here. |
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