Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
What your husband's ex wants you to know about being divorced mom...
Thanks to all of for your very moving comments/ letters to your partners’ exes and for reading my guest post, “What your child’s stepmom wants you to know about her life” on the No One’s the Bitch web site.
Jennifer Newcomb Marine has written a response, “What Your Husband’s Ex Wants You to Know About her Life.” Very interesting! Have a read and let me and/or Jennifer know what you think:
http://www.noonesthebitch.com/?p=467
Tags:blended family, Carol Marine, divorce, ex-wife, Jennifer Newcomb Marine, No One's the Bitch, remarriage, remarriage with children, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, stepmothering, stepmothers, wednesday martin, wife and ex-wife relationship
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Tune in to Dr. Phil on Tuesday Dec 1 to hear Jennifer Newcomb Marine and Carol Marine discuss evolving from Mother/Stepmother enemies to friends
There’s a new cultural pressure in town–to befriend your ex’s wife, or your husband’s ex. As you might know from reading my posts, I feel strongly that any woman married to a guy with kids and an ex should feel free to just say no to this pressure–to focus on her marriage and her own mental health and adjustment, given how depleting and decentering the role of stepmother can be and usually is.
But I have to give it up for my friend Jennifer Newcomb Marine and her co-author –and kids’ stepmother–Carol Marine. Like some of you, they chose to put their energy into engineering an effective parenting coalition, and a friendship. And they wrote a book about it: No One’s the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan for the Mother and Stepmother Relationship. They will be talking about it on Tuesday, December 1st on the Dr. Phil Show. Let’s see if he lets them get a word in edgewise…it should be a great show. Tune in…and then leave a comment! Or just let me know here: how would you describe your relationship with your ex’s wife or partner?
http://www.drphil.com/
Tags:blended family, Carol Marine, divorce, Dr. Phil, Jennifer Newcomb Marine, mother stepmother relationship, No One's the Bitch, remarriage, remarriage with children, stepfamily advice, stepfamily support, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, stepmothering, stepmothers, wednesday martin, wife and ex-wife relationship
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