Thank you Gordenling for all your very thoughtful advice. I have expressed to him all my concerns. Maybe sometimes it’s just been bad timing because sometimes it turns into an even bigger argument where we’re both just yelling at each other. I’m hoping that we can soon talk about some of our issues.

I agree that children need consistency but it’s just so difficult with blended families. Even tho our daughters are only a year apart, we still struggle to have consistency. Because he works most of the day and I stay home with the kids, I am left with most of the disciplining which is very difficult with my stepdaughter.

We haven’t had an opportunity to talk about it but we made peace with each other. I know we love each other very much. We just need to find better ways to communicate with each other (when we actually do communicate).