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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously I want to slap whoever is saying that a stepmom is a fake mom. RELLY?! is it fake when she washes her stepkids' clothes because they vomited or peed all over themselves? is it fake when she takes care of the kids because they are sick and then gets sick herself because all she did was hold the kids while they were sobbing out of the agony of being sick with the flu? is it fake that she loves unconditionally even after being told repeatedly "you're not my mom!"? is it fake that she cries herself to sleep because no matter how hard she tries to do the right thing she always feels like she is coming up short? is is fake that she smiles and even sheds a tear out of pride of her stepkids doing something they are proud of themselves for and is it even faker that she is also proud of them? is it fake that a stepmom above anything else, above her needs, her wants, she wants her stepkids to be happy at all times and will even sacrifice her own happiness so that they never want for anything? that she always takes the best care of them even when their own mom is out drinking or shooting up with her next abusive boyfriend?

Think about that when you generalize, and say stepmoms are fake. Because I for one am as real as they come. No, my stepchild did NOT come out of my vagina. BUT I made the choice to love her as my own and care for her like a "REAL" mother should because her own cannot bring herself to put the pipe/bottle/needle down. I consider myself a real mom. My stepdaughter considers me a real mom. People calling me a fake mom is not something new to me, but it hurts every single time. I do more for that little girl than anyone else in the world, even her own father, because I love her with every ounce of my being.

Sincerely,
NOT a fake mom.[/quote]

If there is a mother in the picture - didn't abandon the kids/disappeared or died, stepmom is not a fake mom. She isn't a mom at all.[/quote]

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