Category: Parent Talk
Yeah just wondering if any of you had or have step parents...Did you have a good or bad relationship with them?
I had a step mother, and we have an alright relationship. She treated me well and just like one of her own.
I have a step dad, but I call him my dad. Him and my mom have been married for 12 and a half years now. We didn't get along at first and fought all the time. But now, he is and will always be the dad that I never had growing up. He will be the one walking me down the isle at my wedding and not my biological father who doesn't even deserve to be called a father.
I'm going to be on the other side of that, going to be a step sdad to Chianna, Lisa's daughter. We have a great relationship for the most part.
Hi Jenelle, I had both of my parents until Dad died. I'm worried that one day I may get a stepdad or something. Some of my friends have stepparents. No one can ever replace my Dad.
haha you guys got lucky lol
Hmmm! In a way, my Aunt's partner Richard's now a stepfather to Joe, Kezzie and Tegen since Robbie arrived on the scene 117 months ago. I remember when Lou and Richard first got together though, his own three children, put it this way, didn't take it too well for the first two or three years. The girls finally settled down, but their younger brother's just coming round to the idea and accepting us now as part of his extended family, especially since everyone got over Robbie's life and death dramatic entrance in to this world in the wee small hours last March, lollol. I almost had a stepfather, but he sort of gave mum up as a bad job when we thought things were going to work out. God, that was quite some year for me. A house move, School move, Kezzie was born and then mum's boyfriend Rob calling it a day. I'm glad he went though. Seriously wasn't stepfather material, lollol, especially when he dropped me on my nose when he was giving me a piggyback, lollol.
Jen.
Blimey! I meant 17 months ago, lollol.
Jen.
I have a step dad. Mom and I get along great, but Dad and I don't so well. But that's more of a personality thing than anything.
I have a stepdad, and he's one of the most amazing men I know. He's been a father to me since I was about six, when my own father was too drunk and too lazy and just too himself to do his job. He's always been there for me when I need him, supported me in everything I've ever attempted to do, he attended all my school functions and has spoiled me to death buying me everything I even hint that I might want. Not to mention, he's been great for my mom, the first decent guy she's ever been with. And his family is amazing. I have most definitely been lucky. When they were first married I had a really hard time dealing with the idea of him as my stepdad as opposed to someone who just lived with us, but I got over it.
For the few times that we've seen each other, my relationship with my dad's wife has gone quite well. My mom's husband, with whom I lived for a few years in my early teens, was quite the opposite. I guess our biggest clash was the fact that I am very free spirited, and he wanted total control of his family and the household. The conflict reached it's climax when he tried to impose his religion on me. We got in to a few fist fights, until finally, him and my mom kissed me goodbye. I am much happier this way, and I think because of this, my mom and I have a good relationship now.
I have seen step parents who are nightmares such as my best friend Kaitlyn's step father, but I have also seen wonderful step parents who are better for the children then their biological parents ever were. I have also seen biological parents who run the gamet from terrible to encredible. It is such a variable relationship that if you were looking for an all or nothing, black or white response I don't think it will ever come. No, I personally do not have any step parents, but I have another unique situation, with parents who are seperated, but not divorced as they never got married in the first place. They are unconventional but they have been great parents to me. In a society in which blended and nontraditional families are becoming more and more common I think this issue is a very hot one at present. Would certainly be interested to see more posts.
I have a step dad and a step mom. I lived with my step dad and my mom for about 13 years. It was tolerable, but we were nothing alike. It would be nice to have lived with a father who was on the same page as I was. I wonder if my life would have become different because of it.
thanks a lot guys, keep it posting, yeah...basically my step mom came from hell lol, very two faced. she's different around my dad, which sucks because I am with her most of the time cuz my father is a truck driver and is always on the road. we've tried to work things out, but any progress we make goes straight to hell after a few days. She's accused me of wanting her to lose the baby, of ruining her relationship with my dad, she'll find anything to blow up out of proportion. I think she's the biggest drama queen i know seriously..
I'm so sorry that you have to live with such a woman in your life. Our close family friend Jayne had a similar situation when she was growing up and it still troubles her today. Her step mother would treat her own children much better than her step children and would take blatent steps to make them feel worthless, unloved and unworthy. She didn't even treat her own children that well, so by comparison you can imagine her step
children got it all the worse. For example she'd buy ordinary shampoo for her children, expensive products for her self and make her step children use the cheepest possible brand or use hand soap on their hair. She'd drive her kids to school and make her step kids walk. Those may sound like little things, but they add up when they are piled on day after day, one after another. The worst part is that the step mother put on a show for the father and he didn't realize what a problem there was. I think that smacks of denial, but whatever the case it was very frustrating and painful for Jayne. I hope you keep fighting and soon that you are out of close proximity with that lady.
damn that sucks, well she's not that bad lol, but heather your sure all over the parent talk boards as i just noticed lol..
Thanks. I think. rofl