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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have ONE mother in my life and only she gets to be called that.  To the lady who married my father, just no.[/quote]

Yes. I totally agree. My dad remarried, but didn't have any more kids.  None of us would call her mom. Or if they had a child consider their child to be a sibling. When someone already has a family then decides to have more with other partners it's beyond irresponsible. The term "blended family", was coined to make dysfunctional seem normal. It's not fair to your kids to have more children from different partners. Another reason kids are messed up today, along with other things in our society. [/quote]

I agree with some but not all of this.

As a child, most of my friends came from two-parent intact nuclear families. My one friend Clarissa's parents divorced, and her dad married a woman with a child the same age as Clarissa. Clarissa's dad and stepmom would not allow us to be just friends with her. We had to invite her step-sister to parties and befriend her as well, even though none of us cared for the stepsister. That was my earliest memory of stepfamilies, and I recalled feeling resentment toward the arrangement.

Even though I divorced my ex, I committed to not remarrying/having additional kids because of the undue stress it would place on my kids. I often question if blended families are really worth it.[/quote]

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