I've just recently taken full custody of my teens, I'm very grateful for this but I've never had this opportunity and I am overwhelmed. I married a man with 5 kids, one adult kid that recently moved in. I am the main income for the household, pay most of  bills, but I was a every other weekend mom for a few years, to 50/50, to full time mom. I'm doing very well with the responsibility of it all. I became the mom that I never thought possible. But in doing that I haven't gotten reciprocation, even when I lovingly take on my stepkids burdens.