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Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 1:59 pm
by BurtReynolds
I try to avoid contact at all costs.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 2:18 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Does it bother your actual family that you're so distant and aloof?
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 3:20 pm
by BurtReynolds
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Does it bother your actual family that you're so distant and aloof?
I interact with my real family an adequate amount.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 3:38 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
BurtReynolds wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Does it bother your actual family that you're so distant and aloof?
I interact with my real family an adequate amount.
I said nothing of the amount.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 3:40 pm
by tommy
BurtReynolds wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Does it bother your actual family that you're so distant and aloof?
I interact with my real family an adequate amount.
Do you love them?
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 4:09 pm
by BurtReynolds
Sure I get along fine with my immediate family. I talk to them about once every couple weeks. Or three. They have shit taste in other people though.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 7:21 pm
by knee tunes
Does it bother your actual family that you're so distant and aloof in your interactions with step family members?
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 7:32 pm
by BurtReynolds
I dont think so. They are kinda distant and aloof too. We aren't a touchy, feely folk.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 7:34 pm
by BurtReynolds
And I think we'd all like my step dad to wander off.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Sun November 12, 2023 8:21 pm
by Ello Sailor
What are you doing, step Burt?
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 12:31 am
by BurtReynolds
This isn't about me. This is about you guys. Please stay on topic.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 2:26 am
by knee tunes
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Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 12:22 pm
by BurtReynolds
Wait, is everyone's parents happily married to each other? How provincial and quaint.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 12:30 pm
by The Argonaut
My parents are married, but let's not automatically assume the happily part
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 1:12 pm
by BurtReynolds
To each other? What is this, 1823?
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 1:23 pm
by spike
I have a great relationship with my stepdad. He married my mom when I was an adult, so he’s always been more of a good friend than a parent.
I think he thinks of my sister and me more as his kids now, as his two sons are estranged and have done nothing to help him as his Parkinson’s accelerates.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 1:40 pm
by wease
BurtReynolds wrote:Wait, is everyone's parents happily married to each other? How provincial and quaint.
My parents and Mrs Wease’s parents are still together. I have step-uncles and cousins but no siblings.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 3:37 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I have an (ex?) stepson from my previous marriage. He and I grew close when I lived with him. He is now an adult and married and doing well, and we kept in touch. We call each other on birthdays and holidays, and see each other if we are in town or nearby.
I have three stepchildren in my current marriage. The oldest is a senior in college (21 year old stepson) and the middle is a freshman in college (18 year old stepdaughter). The youngest is a 13 year old stepson. I've grown very close with all of them, and they seem to have accepted me into their lives, although it was definitely a slow and sometimes challenging process.
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 3:44 pm
by spike
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I have an (ex?) stepson from my previous marriage. He and I grew close when I lived with him. He is now an adult and married and doing well, and we kept in touch. We call each other on birthdays and holidays, and see each other if we are in town or nearby.
I have three stepchildren in my current marriage. The oldest is a senior in college (21 year old stepson) and the middle is a freshman in college (18 year old stepdaughter). The youngest is a 13 year old stepson. I've grown very close with all of them, and they seem to have accepted me into their lives, although it was definitely a slow and sometimes challenging process.
dirty frank lambert
Re: Do you have good relationships with your step family?
Posted: Mon November 13, 2023 3:48 pm
by spike
mind your jenners