Who am I?

I'm a "newly" married mother of four. Before marrying my second hubby I had one daughter, who was quite the brat. We now collectively have the "Brady" household. As with all families our children have their own personalities and quirks. June 6 will be our one year anniversary as a family! Wow! Sometimes I'm truly amazed that I've survived. My life has totally changed some good and some not so good. There are times when it would be nice to just be able to accept an invitation from the girls to go for a drink or two after work. With soooo many children going sooo many different ways that isn't always an easy task.

Today was one of those days where my hubby and I clashed! (Not a major argument but just enough to get my blood boiling) I've come to realize that I am the perverbial "heavy" in our house. By that I mean I am the one who says "no" and means it and doles out discipline as needed. I wouldn't say that I'm totally unbending but some things just can't let go. He predicts that I will be the one who plays detective and knows their every move as teens. What's wrong with that? Anyway, one of our ten year olds plays the pity party at every turn. She cries when she is confronted, she cries when she doeesn't get her way, etc. Maybe I should be more sympathetic but I don't accept those kinds of tears from my biological child. My husband being the push over that he is gives in 80% of the time. I, on the other hand, tell her to suck it up and get over it. We just had a discussion about the fact that when our four year old son starts to tear up over such trivial things he is always told to dry up the tears or go finish in his room. Same rules should apply, right? Hopefully things will change since I decided to bring this to his attention.

Pictured above: My daughter Bre and Mr. Romance

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