I Wish My Stepchildren Had Never Been Born ; in This Shocking Admission,Which Will Appal Many,One Woman Dares to Voice the Darkest Thoughts She Insists Countless Others Feel

Daily Mail (October 24, 2006)

Author: Alex Thomas

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ALEX THOMAS, 29, is a freelance broadcaster. She has lived with her fiance, radio presenter Mark O'Donnell, 43, in Mortimer, Berkshire for the past three-and-a-half years and acts as stepmother to Mark's two children from his previous marriage.

She has just launched a website forum, www.childlessstepmums.co.uk Alex says:

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I Wish My Stepchildren Had Never Been Born ; in This Shocking Admission,Which Will Appal Many,One Woman Dares to Voice the Darkest Thoughts She Insists Countless Others Feel

FIRST OFF, I am not a wicked stepmother. I don't have a poison apple, or a 'who's the fairest of them all?' mirror, and I have no intention of forcing my stepchildren to wear rags and be my slaves. But sometimes, if I'm brutally honest, I wish that my stepchildren didn't exist.

Even saying that makes me feel uncomfortable.

It's just about the most selfish, darkest feeling I have ever had.

I know the children, Simon, four, and Rachel, eight, are absolutely innocent (their names have been chang...

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