In the begining

So here is a little background on our situation. Me and my Hero have been married for amost 7 years. We both had three kids in our first marriage, he was married for 8 years I was married for 12. We did not choose to end our first marriages, our spouses made that choice for us. (Although now we are grateful) We both have joint custody of our kids, which means his kids live with the witch and my kids live with us. Every other weekend they are with the other parent. So one weekend we will have all 6 of the kids together with us, and the next weekend we have NO KIDS. (There are not a lot of perks that come with divorce but having time alone with my husband for the weekends is very nice!) Don't get me wrong I love my kids, and given the choice I would choose not to share them, but I do not have the choice. So I choose to find the good. Holidays are the same we either have all the kids or none of them. Unless there is a problem, and for us there have been lots of problems.

With the witch she is always trying to push us out of the kids lives. She is constantly planning stuff for the kids during our time. She uses the kids as pawns, having them lie and deceive their father. She puts them in the middle of every battle, making sure they know everything going on but only her point of view. She teaches them that they do not have to respect me or the rules of our house. She encourages proplems between us and the kids, especially me. Which is why they think I am a wicked step-mom.

With my ex, the jerk, there are a whole new set of problems. We follow the divorce decree , to the letter. I think he has them memorized, if it is not in there he doesn't have to do it. And if it is there I usually have to take him to court to get him to do it. There is a reason I named him the Jerk! He never puts the kids above himself. He is on his third marriage, and she is not a nice person. She doesn't even treat my kids with any respect or kindness. And he acts like he is still in Jr High school, and very self centered. He only calls the kids to talk about himself, not find out how they are doing.
And this is only the tip of the iceberg... wait till you hear the rest!