Hi It's doglover here. I have not been on for a long time and I really miss talking to others out there that feel the same way I do. You can talk to family members and your spouse but it's not the...
Hi Doglover4 here. When it comes to my stepdaughter and her packing her things and going to her moms I am still really angry. She cannot run away from her problems or punishments all the time. Right...
Hi, it is doglover here and I thank everybody for their advice. My stepdaughter has been at her moms for a week now because she is not ready to come talk to my husband and i yet. I feel that she is...
Hi. It is doglover4 here. I haven't posted for a while because things aorund here have not been good. Over the past six months things with my stepdaughter have gotten considerably worse. So bad that...
She has not gone back to her mothers for good but she is going up there alot. She has a boyfriend here and I think that she is going up there with him and her mother is allowing him to sleep there,...
Hi it's dolover4 here and I haven't posted in a while. I just needs some feedback on something. My stepdaughter has been living with us for a year now and things have not been going very well here....
I have just read your post and I know exactly how you feel. The first thing you need to do is stop hiding the fact that you are depressed. In my opinion that makes things ten times worse. I did that...
Yes, she was with us when she forged the note. I really don't know how she is passing advanced courses without doing homework or handing stuff in at all. I am going to see my social worker hopefully...
Hi this is doglover here. I was just reading some of the posts on anxiety and depression and it is nice to know that I am not alone. Sometimes I feel that I am all alone and have to cope with things...
I don't think that her trusting me is the issue. I have never given her reason not to. She has told me things that she doesn't want her Dad to know but I felt he should know. She does not know that I...
No she does not help around the house. My husband gives her $20 a week to keep her room clean. We used to give her an allowance for walking our dog everyday after school but we could not trust that...
Hi this is Doglover here. I would like to thank you for your replies. I am going to counselling at this time but it doesn't seem to be helping. My step-daughter was going but has stopped. My husband...
I am feeling very overwhelmed right now. I was so bad that I went to my dr. and asked her for a note. I had to take a few days off of work because I was on the verge of tears and could just not deal...