How To Cope With Jealousy As A Stepmom
‘You’re not their real mom.’
‘You’re not their real mom.’
As a stepmother, you know this. It’s painfully clear more often than not. No matter how many times you’ve made a pact with yourself to let it go, you keep coming back for more.
You keep coming back because you committed this child or children. You’ve loved them, held them, talked to them, played with them, made meals for them, worried about them, and so on.
In many of my other stepparenting posts, I’ve tried to give hope to the idea that it’s possible to find fulfillment in your relationship with your stepchild or stepchildren, even if it’s not exactly the relationship you originally hoped for.
You have to own what you do have and work from there.
Easier said than done, right?
Despite all of the positive, helpful blogs and stepmom support forums, there’s a nagging issue so many stepmoms still have to deal with no matter how emotionally and mentally strong they are.
It’s dealing with jealousy.
It’s the sadness a stepmom might feel after she’s wiped away her stepchild’s tears, planned birthday parties, packed love notes in lunchboxes, or swelled with pride at awards ceremonies — only to feel like the…
