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[quote=Anonymous]Some of these responses are insane.  OP, I am a stepmother. When I married my DH 20+  years ago, my step children were 4 and 6.  He had every other weekend and six weeks during the summer.  Standard back then.  We gained physical custody about a year later. No real abuse.  Their mother just shouldn't have had children.  And she knew it.  My two biological kids were living with us full time.  And I was pregnant. I went from two children to five children in less than two years.  It was crazy.  And so hard.  But when you marry someone with children, you accept that they may one day live with that parent. There are all kinds of reasons - job loss, relocation, serious illness, death..... When you marry someone with children, you accept everything that comes with that.  Your marriage will not survive if you push his child away.  I've seen it happen over and over again.  There is a reason the divorce rate is so high in second marriages.  Maybe you are fine with that. I'm telling you this as a stepmom who has beaten the odds. We will celebrate 25 years of marriage in a few months.  My kids and stepkids are grown.  I'm on the other side of this journey. It will not end well for you if you don't lovingly accept his child. [/quote]

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