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[quote=Anonymous]The kids are already teenagers -- so the youngest is at a minimum thirteen, and 9th graders are generally 14.  So at least one of the kids is in high school already, odds are that both are.  This means the stepmom only has a few years of this left before the kids (most likely) both leave home and go to college.

You asked above, "Why would anyone ever marry in to that type of situation."  The answer, one presumes, is that it's because the stepmom loves the dad and hopefully even also the teenage girls.  Shouldn't that be the reason someone gets married, and not financial gain?

I don't know any teenagers who are happy in their high school situations who would want to be moved to a different high school.  To me this would be particularly true if the school was providing a stable environment surrounded with friends from childhood following a traumatic event like the death of a parent.  Those kids have already been through plenty.  Don't make them leave their friends in the middle of high school and make their way at a public school when the dead mom made sure the resources were there for them to stay.

Shame!  Shame!  Shame![/quote]

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