Monthly Archives: December 2010

Quotes from BoyLand

I’ve now spent a full week with the Boys since the Lovely Man told them about our engagement. It felt like a long week. As we expected, they didn’t have a huge amount to say about us getting married. After … Continue reading

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Filed under Communication, Kids, Remarriage, Stepfamily Life

Going on lockdown

Dear Selfish Stepmom, I understand that you’ve gone on lockdown for privacy reasons, but I’ve really missed reading your story. Could you please invite me as a reader? stepmumoftheyear at me dot com Thanks! B

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Filed under Stepfamily Life, Writing

News

I know it’s been a while, and I’m not even going to apologise. Nope, not sorry! The last month or so has been a really important recuperation time; it’s been so vital for me to take a break from stepmummery … Continue reading

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Filed under Family, Lovely Man, Me, Remarriage, Stepfamily Life, Travel

Blended Family Bill of Rights (via In this house, I’m the Mama…)

More on the (sometimes contentious) Stepmother’s Bill of Rights. Back in February of 2007, I posted a Stepmother’s Bill of Rights. It still gets the most consistent hits of any post I’ve ever done. I’m guessing those hits are coming … Continue reading

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