Yes it is tragic. Without my financial support, love, unconditional acceptance of them...they would have NOTHING. I don't have to spend any $$ on these kids, take them on vacations, water-skiing, etc....I don't have to diddly squat for any of them...BUT I DO.....because these kids atleast deserve someone that loves them, doesn't spend their money on facelifts, new cars, perms, and other luxuries they can't afford. If I can take them away for just a little while from the living sitatuion at their mothers, and make them smile, then I'm a rotten person. (FYI, their mother as breed 2x more since the divorce and have had 5 livin boyfriends that are no history). I'm the meanest stepmother out there. It is so sad that people think that it's so bad for a stepmother to share her financial wealth on kids that aren't even her responsibility. Maybe it would be best for my husband to have never married me or anyone. Maybe it's better that he live in a studio or one bedroom apartment, living paycheck to paycheck just to pay the CS that the kids never see anyway. That is a much better life for them, isn't it. I should throw them all out of my house and everyone would be happy. You guys are NUTS.....