r/stepparents • u/AutoModerator • 20h ago

Daily Today's Tiny Problem - December 27, 2024

Having an issue that you just want a quick vent about and not an entire post? This is the place! This daily post is not very active, but it's a great place for a quick vent .

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u/Posieinternational25 17h ago

My bf always hangs up the phone when he arrives at his ex’s for pickup. Why does he NEVER want me to hear her or what he’s talking about with her ?

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u/Illustrious_Rise_204 Why yes, I do love NACHOs. Why do you ask? 15h ago

Husband and I have had a tradition for 15 years that Christmas Day is just us two, and this year SS33 invited himself over to "hang out." Instead of proposing a different day my DH just said, "Sure!"

Scuse me what?

We already spend Christmas Eve with his mother and SS33. There's Christmas dinner, gift exchange, all the togetherness necessary to say we've celebrated as a family. DH knows I don't enjoy it; it's exhausting because I make all the food and schlep it over to his mom's. This is one reason that I look forward to being alone with my DH and not being responsible for anyone else.

I told DH, "Look, I want you to spend time with your kid, AND I also want to maintain our tradition of having Christmas Day all to ourselves in the future." I also told him that if he wants to host SS, he needed to feed him and clean up afterward because I was taking the day off from hostess duties.

Thankfully SS didn't show up so there was no further discussion lol.