Why are there no places to get support when the stepparent takes over for you

Posted: Nov 27, 2015

Why is it all I see are books related to stepmothers, never once allowing for those stepmothers who immediately take your place in everything. I for one am literally heartbroken that my son considers his stepmother more important and calls her his mother and that she and my ex have everyone thinking she is his real mother. I am so hurt I cannot stand it. He is my only child. She has done this since he went to live with them at age 13 after his father brainwashed him. This of course ruined our whole relationship. No matter how much of legal help I sought, back then they didn't go on any type of things that helped anyone but the custodial parent, my ex. He decided he was kicking me out of our son's life and the law helped him. To any of you who think you have heard this story before, please do not comment. You hurt me even worse when you say your snide remarks when I hurt and have hurt for decades. It is as important to me as anything you may be feeling. I don't care if things have changed. To me, this is just not right morally to have done this to a parent and her child and to have done it deliberately. Of course my ex was a product of that situation when his parents got divorced. That hurt his father tremendously but he got to have another wife and a daughter, so he didn't miss our like I did. Yet it did hurt him that he never saw his three sons again, all due to the mother making him out to be a monster. He learned from her really well. At any rate, I just want to know why I cannot get any help. It is not like stepmothers are always right and mothers are wrong and have no feelings yet most articles, support boards, etc. are geared for the poor old stepmother. ;