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I Hate Feeling So Resentful!

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Don’t you hate feeling resentment?  Resentment is that feeling of doing things that you just don’t want to do, yet […]

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Stepmoms: Are We Too Harsh on the Ex?

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Haven’t we all said it or thought it.  Here is the rant. That ex is insane! I mean it. Really

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Stepmother Lament: I Will Always Be An Outsider

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“This family makes me feel like an outsider. I do all this work and I am still an outsider. When

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Stepmothers: Are We Too Harsh on the Ex?

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“Has the Divorce caused a Raw, Exposed Nerve? All Will Heal” Did you ever wonder why the ex-wife just can’t

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A Stepmother Asks “How Do I Stop Myself from Asking about the Ex-Wife?”

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Do you ever find yourself asking your partner: “What did she/he say?” “No, really, tell me what happened.” “I don’t

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Who is that Stepmother Woman?

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It is easy to think of the stepmother as that woman your ex partner married.  If the stepmother is just

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HOW TO TRANSFORM FROM DESPICABLE ME (THE STEPMOTHER) TO HAPPY!

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  Music can make all the difference. Music is one of the great mood lifters in our arsenal. Not only

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A Stepmother Looks at Nelson Mandela’s Life

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At the time of this writing, it is the day of Nelson Mandela’s funeral.  Nelson Mandela was the past president

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The Stepmom and the Ex: We’re Bringing Bitchy Back

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I’m bringing bitchy back Them other girls don’t know how to act Sometimes I think that stepmothers and ex-wives should

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Stepmoms: Looking for Respect in All the Wrong Places

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One of the hardest parts about being a stepmom is that you work your ass off and get, what appears

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