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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue is often that women take care of organizing things like this. Thus she will organize trips with her kids, but probably doesn’t feel it’s her place to organize a trip with his kids. [/quote]

A really kind and thoughtful stepmother would encourage and help plan vacations with his children and their families, too.[/quote]

Thanks for creating more emotional labor for women. The husband can do it if he wants to. It’s his children.[/quote]

Exactly. It’s not her responsibility to manage and better his relationships with his children.[/quote]

I hope you don’t believe that for stepmothers of minor children, because that’s a real Cinderella scenario. “Oh, it’s not my job to do anything for his kids! I have my own kids to look out for. His kids come second.”[/quote]

Wait, so a stepmom is obliged to do her stepkids’ laundry, cook them meals, and supervise their homework? Good luck managing that. People love to impose responsibilities on stepmothers but if a stepmom ever tries to discipline the stepkids, it becomes “not your business”. You can’t have it both ways.[/quote]

I mean, yes obviously. If the kids are there in the house what’s she going to do — cook dinner for her own kids and not her stepkids? The fact you even types that makes me really, really hope you aren’t a stepmother. [/quote]

I think there’s a lot of pressure on women who marry into families to be accommodating and giving. When it’s not the case, the pitchforks come out. Men don’t get quite the same treatment. OP is very disingenuous. She complains about not vacationing with her dad and says his wife scares her. Why would anyone want to vacation with someone they dislike? [/quote]

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