Today's Tiny Problem - April 08, 2019

I told my husband this morning and we are going to talk about it tonight. Thing is my ss listens to me- he knows what I say goes and my husband backs me up (We have had full custody for years) so that isn't the problem. He knows I'm his parent- he only sees BM 5xish a year. It was more of a "BM would never make me do homework and she doesn't have any rules so i wished i lived with her, my REAL mom" more than a "you can't tell me what to do" thing- bc he was doing what I asked- he was just also talking back because he didn't want to do it. Just sucks. I know he's hurting about never seeing her and fantasizing about how wonderful life would be if she was around. and also that it is normal to push boundaries on rules trying to manipulate me to say okay fine no homework tonight, I know growing up I told my mom I wish she wasn't my mom when I was punished... It's just true here, im not BM, so it just hurts.

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