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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad and stepmom got married when I was 5, and I’m 37 now. I think the answer is yes. I have 3 parents who love me and certainly sacrificed for me. She is not my mom or my dad but she is my parent and treats me as her child (and my children as her grand-children). I feel lucky to have her in my life.[/quote]

That’s lovely. Does she have biological children. [/quote]

Yes, she has 2 biological kids from her previous marriage (whom I consider my siblings, along with my biological sister). She and my did didn’t have kids together.

I think sometimes my mom was jealous that there was a third parent involved, but she would say, as if to remind herself, “[b]You have 3 parents who love you, and that’s a good thing.[/b]” [/quote]

Your mom was right.  I am sure it was hard for her to see someone else care for you as much as your step-mom did but it sounds like she did the right thing in not interfering.  No child can have too many people love them.  I am happy for you that you got to discover that!

DP[/quote]

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