Most stepmums have thought it. The texts, the flat nos, the requests that somehow only ever go one way. Ellie thought the ex was being deliberately difficult — and she wasn't wrong to think it. What changed wasn't the ex. It was how Ellie understood the dynamic, what she stopped taking responsibility for, and what she asked her husband to do instead. Three years on from her first episode, she's back — honest about what's better, what's the same, and what she wishes she'd known at the start. If you're still in the hard part, this one is worth your time.
WHAT WE COVER
Why "she's being deliberately difficult" might be accurate — and why it still keeps you stuck
The moment Ellie handed all communication to her husband and what happened to her anxiety when she did
Why stepdads get praised for giving a child a lift while stepmums are held to an entirely different standard — and why that's not an accident
"I love my stepkids but I don't always love being a stepmum" — why those two things are completely separate and why you're allowed to say so
What it actually took for her husband to understand why she needed support — and why "just crack on" is what partners say before they get it
Six years in: what's genuinely better, what you learn to let go of, and why the long game is real
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