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How to Get a Former Spouse's Information Off A Credit File
Blended Families: A Treacherous Yet Rewarding Adventure
Resentment Kills: To Stay or to Go
Forgive To Live: Free Yourself Of Emotional Baggage
Community:
Featured Members
Latest
Conversations & Gossip!
Community Highlights
This Week's Top Conversationalists
SWC's Kitchen -
recipes to feed your army!
News
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Articles For You @ SWC:
How to Get a Former Spouse's Information Off Your Credit File
Keeping tabs on your credit score
and transactions can be challenging without the added difficulty of
dissolving a relationship where credit lines are often shared. Even
more daunting is the process of trying to sever financial ties with an
ex-spouse. Diligence is the key, and there are a few tips and tools
that can help you work through the process
Blended Families: A Treacherous Yet Rewarding Adventure
One of the hardest things I have ever had happen in my life was
creating a blended family. The simple act of marriage; for love, caring
and hope as most anyone would believe, became a treacherous yet
rewarding adventure. A lot of times a blended family is putting two
fractured families together and seeing what happens. As they pave new
ground and create paths that only newer books are written about.
Resentment Kills: To Stay or to Go
Dear Jane,
I can't stand the relationship I've been in anymore. My partner and I
have been together for 12 years. I always thought we would make it. We
have so much in common and we've been supportive of each other. But I
realize that I've been unhappy , without admitting it to myself, for
quite a while. I feel drained by how much he needs me and demands of
me. Lately, I can't stand the thought of him even touching me. I
fantasize him dying or him saying he wants to end the relationship. I
know this is because I don't want to be the one to make the decision.
What should I do? I feel like I'm dying inside.
Forgive To Live: Free Yourself Of Emotional Baggage
Forgiveness is difficult for many people because, too often, we think
to forgive is also to condone, to say, "Oh, that's ok." We put up
barriers to forgiving others because of this notion. Many times, in
fact, most times what needs to be forgiven is NOT ok. It was not ok to
have happened, it is not ok to do again -- it's just simply NOT ok. So,
unless the offender asks for forgiveness with sincerity and remorse
(and sometimes even when they do,) we often find it difficult to
forgive.
Featured
Members:
Latest
Conversations & Gossip @
SWC!
I don't know how she did it... - scout123
Where to start...
Stepson 2 came over with is pregnant girlfriend last week... - neener
Stepdaughter16 has been a nightmare this summer visitation... - disco
Grandma, Step Grandma,Whatever? - crissy
Dental/Doctor Reimbursement - Zebuca
Surprise: Kat detaches from detachment plan... - katko
The mothering speech that worked with Dear husband! - katko
New Here, Support and understanding - DebbieG
Do you welcome your Dear husband's EX inside your home? - yoya012
Had a good time w/the skids-making progress! - Laurie
Need some input: Has anyone here filed bankruptcy (Chapter 13) or knows about it? - SicilianRose
This Week's Top Conversationalists:

katko is a W.O.W. |

Kim is a stepmom to adult stepchildren |

Laurie - is a stepmom in Texas |

mandymo is a stepmom to teens |
New
Members @ SWC!
Welcome to all of
our newest members!
If you are a new member, and would like a Welcome Buddy to show you the virtual ropes @ SWC, please contact us and we will match you with a SWC member.
Community Highlights:
Happy Birthday Wldcherry!
Suey! Is it your birthday! 
Amethystkat Receives T.H.I.N.K. Award 
Charmed's Wedding Pictures
Poetry Swap! 
SWC's
Kitchen: 
Lemon Chicken Pasta Toss - submitted by Patti
Grilled pork fajitas (healthy) - submitted by HisAngel
More recipes by
members can be submitted here
Step Wise:
A Guide to Family Mergers
by James Dale and Alex Beth Schapiro

It's hard to know exactly how to handle the uncomfortable,
unpredictable, and sometimes seemingly unmanageable situations that
stepparents deal with day by day. Finally, an easygoing handbook for
in-the-dark stepparents is here in StepWise - the no-nonsense,
no-psychobabble, down-to-earth, practical, and witty guide to dealing
with stepchildren in a friendly, sensible, sometimes funny way.
Co-authors James Dale and his stepdaughter, Alex Schapiro, offer their
insights in a unique, bite-sized format. One of the most important
lessons of their experience is that you'll need your sense of humor, so
they tackle this serious subject with levity. They realize raising
stepchildren isn't world peace. It just sometimes seems as hard to
achieve.

Are you co-parenting with someone who is mentally ill or a substance abuser?
Is their crazy behavior driving YOU insane?
Are you:
- SCARED
when your children go to visitation with the other parent because you
can't trust him or her to take proper care of the children or worse,
fear that your children may actually be harmed during visitation?
-
In the middle of a child custody battle or constantly going to court over your kids?
-
Trying to maintain good relationships with your children while the other parent attempts to alienate them against you?
-
Spending
your time fighting fires created by your co-parent while doing the
lion's share of the parenting and/or financial support of your kids?
If you answered
YES
to even one of these questions, then this guide will help you navigate
the treacherous waters of dealing with the absolutely "impossible"
co-parent. This ebook is NOT intended for the average divorced parent.