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In the melee of divorce and post-divorce problems, the difficulties and importance of step parents are often overlooked. A recent post from a step mother really touched me. It truly captured the pain and suffering that non-custodial parents and step-parents must often endure. Thanks to the blogger at In this house, I’m the Mama for your honesty.
Excerpt:
I remember that her “visitation” schedule was every other weekend… four days a month. We tried hard to put our whole lives on pause for those four days, knowing that was all we got. At first you seemed like you wanted to be flexible, but every time her Dad asked to be involved a little more, you put your foot down. Soon we moved into slumber parties, school events, cheerleading and every other thing you could think of to interrupt those four days he had with her. You scheduled all of that without his input, most often without even letting him know these things were happening, then had your daughter call and act put out if he didn’t absolutely agree that whatever you had planned was more important than her time with him. You called when you had family in town, friends in town, plane tickets to fly off to somewhere, something else to do, something you had paid for. After awhile he got frustrated. You told your daughter you would “step in for her and call” so her Dad wouldn’t “yell” at her.
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