Is adult stepchildren a thing?
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Anonymous
| Friends and family who have them refer to them as Bonus kids |
Anonymous
| My husband’s adult step siblings are periodically recast, so I try not to get attached. |
Anonymous
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My brother in law married a woman with an “ex stepfather” her mom divorced twice and currently married.
Is that a thing too? |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
This grates. It implies that there is something bad about being a step, and it treads on the actual parents. My great aunt divorced and her former husband remarried twice. She had a nice relationship with the second wife and they referred to each other as step-wives, which I’m told scandalized people a bit but by the time I came along it either confused them or made them giggle. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Agreed. And my dad’s wife’s kids are definitely not my step-siblings. My dad and his wife have been married over 20 years and the only time I’ve ever met her kids was at the wedding. |
Anonymous
Some people are estranged from/never see their actual siblings. So the term that accurately describes the relationship is not a matter of opinion — it’s just a fact of life. |
Anonymous
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My aunt step child’s wife committed suicide last week. She never met her.
Honestly I doubt she even knew step child. She got married at 72 to a 74 year old man. |