Vent: I love my step son like my own, I have been in his life since he was 3 weeks old (he'll be 3…

Vent: I love my step son like my own, I have been in his life since he was 3 weeks old (he'll be 3 in Dec). I am in every way a mother figure to him. BUT I do respect the fact that I'm not his mom.. I am so sick of her childish immaturities! First of all, my husband was never with her, they were never together they knew each other a month and she got pregnant (I was a good friend of his for 3 years previous) so its not like I'm a homewrecker. I take care of him 4-5 days a week, I care for him more then his own parents. I get up in the morning, I feed him, bathe him, play with him, take him everywhere I go I kiss his boo boos, tell him I love him, snuggle him, and tuck him in his bed almost every night. My husband works third shift and sleeps most of the time during the day. His mother is white trash, always sends him here in clothes 2 sizes too small that STINK like cigarette smoke, even his hair STINKS like an ash tray ( I strip him and bathe him first thing every time). She has no respect for me or my husband, tells my stepson really shitty things about us, trying to make him hate us! He even tells me his mom tells him he's not allowed to like his 3 week old sister or his 12 year old step brother! She REFUSES to meet me, talks shit about me all the time! I'm just so Fucking sick of it, and I would NEVER say a bad word about his mother to him, its not fair to the poor kid! The part that gets me the most is they have joint custody, she's got placement and gets a good child support check every week. We're only supposed to have him on the weekends per court order, but as I said we have him 4-5 days a week because she continually will tell us to keep him everyday and makes excuses not to take him.. I am so sick of the bullshit! I love him to death but I am so exhausted being up all night with a newborn and then up all day with a toddler who has a shitty mother! Its not like she works either, she's on ssi! There is nothing wrong with being on ssi, I'm not putting anyone down, but why the fuck can't you take care of your 1 child and be a real mother?! He's nothing but a gravy train to her! I hate it because I love him so much and he's just so confused!