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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you all get along with your step siblings before the marriage? I ask because my kid and my SO’s kid are very close currently and as only children each they often pretend they are siblings and giggle when people think they are. [/quote]

What a childish way to look at a serious situation.  Just because small children enjoy each other's company RIGHT NOW doesn't mean that it will make for a happy family.  Those kids will get older and they will notice differences in how they are treated, not just by their bio parent but by extended family.

Let's say there is a budget issue in the household.  One kid's extended family buys them a nice bike.  The other kid can't get one because there is no child support coming in and it's not affordable.  If you are the bio parent of the first kid, do you take the bike away because your SO's kid won't be able to have one?  If your kid is the second one, how do you explain that they need to adjust to these kinds of experiences because they will keep happening?  Don't you think resentment will build - not just in kids, but in parents?

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Come on now, who actually treats children this way?!?!? If this is how people treat stepchildren of course there will be problems, but for the life of me I don’t understand how parents would let this happen in actuality. Seems like people are looking for worst possible outcomes. [/quote]

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