echoing kml - you are their dad. that won't change. I get it. suddenly there's this perfect stranger who helped implode your marriage having a relationship with your kids that you have no control over. mine is older, thank goodness, but it still REALLY bothers me, especially when he now calls her his step mother. No. She's his father's wife. To me a step mother is someone who helped raise you. She didn't. See what I mean? You aren't alone. xo
That’s an interesting thought that never occurred to me. I am a stepmom and my daughters still introduce me as their stepmom though I’m not married to their dad anymore. I do not feel like I helped raise them because they were 12, 14, and 16 when I came into their lives. I do feel a connection with and love for them and they feel it for me too.
Me 52, H53 Bomb drop 9/29/2014 Divorce from XH final 12/17/2014 Marriage #2 12/31/2019 5 adult (step)daughters (3 from XH's first marriage, 2 from current H's previous relationships) 6 grandkids
