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Step families ARE still familes....

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Submitted by ineedadragonlance on Sat, 03/15/2014 - 1:57pm

I guess I look at things a bit differently than alot of people on here. In my thinking, step families are still families and should be treated as such.

I spent 20 years married to a man with 2 boys. I had a son and a daughter. We raised them in a household that didn't make a difference if I was a step mom or he was a step dad. We were a family and in such it was treated that way.

Everyone pulled their weight. Step kids had chores on the weekend visits just as if they lived there. It was their home even if only on the weekends.

Can someone give me a bit of insight please?

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Submitted by ineedadragonlance on Fri, 02/14/2014 - 3:18pm

I'm new here even though I have been reading on ST for a long time.
Now that I've finally broken the ice and made some posts, I find I have tons of things to discuss or complain about. Or both.

I have an ongoing issue where I have a problem that my DH and two SD don't talk much or visit much.
I find it odd that he doesn't call them often or that they don't call him either. They get along great once they are together but its just strange to me.

New here and just need to vent-LONG

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Submitted by ineedadragonlance on Sat, 02/08/2014 - 3:00pm

Hi all.
I've been reading on this site quite sometime now and enjoy it.
I guess I should count myself lucky that I haven't had to deal with many of the issues that alot of you deal with. I do however have a crazy BM that I am finding more and more difficult to deal with.

My step children are nice and respectful and so far I don't have many problems with them. We don't see them often so I really haven't had a chance to deal with much.