Bad Mommy vs StepMommy

Me as a Step Mom

As both a bio mommy and a step mommy, believe me,  you really want to be my stepchild.  As a bio mommy to my son, Ean, I am a bad mom.  He loves to recount the time I forgot to pick him up from little league practice and left him alone on the field.  Or,  when I would yell at him to clean his room and threaten to use the dog as a hostage if he didn’t do it.  Or, when I left him peanut butter sandwiches on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator so he could reach them.  Why?  I just needed to sleep!  Oh..yes..he was two years old.  I could go on and on. (Somehow, I have a feeling that when he sees this blog, he will be listing a million more things.)  My excuse is that I was a working, divorced mom.

Can you imagine doing these same types of things to your step children?  Are you kidding?  Holy cow!   I take full responsibility for my thinking, but I thought I had to be on good behavior.  I was afraid of making a mistake, especially when the kids were under my watch.  The last thing I wanted to happen was a bad story going back to their bio mom.  I wanted to be perfect.  Maybe I’m wrong, but I think I was a better step mom. (Okay…why do I have the feeling that my step kids are also going to respond to this blog?)

Anyone else thinking the same thing?

Me, as a Bio Mom