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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Funny that if it's a stepgrandparent who wrote about excluding the steps, all hell would break loose on DCUM. But in this case, it's the second wife who should know better than to expect her kids to be given the same treatment. OP, are your kids even expecting the same inheritance from your in-laws? [/quote]

Yep. DCUM really changes tunes depending on who the OP is. If the step grandparents had asked about this, they would have been reamed for not including the non-bio grandkids. [/quote]

Calling someone a "step-grandparent" as if that is some special bond does not make it so. My widowed grandfather married a very nice lady--a family friend, actually--when I was 19. (She was widowed, as well.)

I like and respect her, we exchange little gifts and see each ther even now that my grandad is gone. Guess what? She is not and never will be a true grandparent to me. She has actual grandkids and I'm sure the pleasant relationship I have with her is nothing compared to the actual grandchild bond she has with them.

Using a term "step-" anything as if it means much just because two people decided to get married is pretty thin. Even step-dad or step-mom. Relationships build organically, or not. Throwing about titles is meaningless.[/quote]

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