Reply to If you are (or have) a stepmom . . . (long message)

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "If you are (or have) a stepmom . . . (long message)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,

What about this is my mother, when you introduce your mother, and this is my father's wife FIRST NAME, when you introduce your stepmother.

I think your stepmother is being unreasonable by making an issue out of the term "stepmother." Especially after all these years. It strikes me as very odd. It's not the greatest word but it's the most accurate term.

Calling her your mother is disrespectful to your mother, even when your mother is not around, because she is not your mother, even if she helped raise you and you love her and all the rest. It's also confusing to folks who are hearing your refer to her as your mother. These terms are legal and social and have nothing to do with your feelings for them and they do not define their role in your life.

Sadly this type of story perpetuates the notion that stepmothers are self-involved. She needs to buck up and rise about the term. And stop making you have to deal with it.

She's your father's wife, she helped raise you, you love her. The term "stepmother" doesn't negate a stitch of that!
[/quote]

What if the stepparent raised the child from when they were 3 or 4?  My best friend views her stepdad as her "real" and only dad because her real father was never in her life[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics