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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone could benefit from a little more predictability.

I don't see why OP can't bring the schedule back especially when Dad lives so close. The kids can visit him or hang out at his place whenever they like.

2 weeks on, 2 weeks off would seem good. New DH should be able to have some time alone to look forward to. Yes, he should treat the kids like their his but realistically most step-parents don't. It's also unfair to him because when he came in there was more structure.

OP doesn't have to deal with his kid because they're older so she should make some sort of concession to DH. If not, then why date and marry prior to the kids moving out? [/quote]

Because it's really, really hard to kick your own kids out of the house!  If they really don't want to go to the other house, what is OP going to do about it?  Bar the door?  Pick them up and carry them out?  Lock the door and leave them sitting there overnight?  Come on.

And frankly, OP's DH sounds like a big part of the problem here.  He washes just his own dish!  He cleans up just his own mess, no more!  Wow what a sterling model of family harmony.  What an example he is setting for OP's boys of how to live harmoniously together.  When they have children of their own, they will have him as a role model to look up to.[/quote]

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