Marriage: Toddler, Princess

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Paying for Wedding Expenses

My 36 year old son is marrying for the 3rd time. He is a single father and for the past 3 years he and his 2 children have lived with my husband and me. One of his children is a special needs child and we have had a huge responsibility taking care of her so he could work. My husband and I pay a lot of their living expenses every month and keep the children so he can work. He is engaged to a 27 year old and this is her first wedding. Because they are adults and have been engaged for 3 years and we have paid for 2 of his weddings already, we...

Step Child & Step Grandchild

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For Step Families Who Don't Use the Word *Step*

I've read responses on this site, where people have said that they don't refer to step relationships in their families as *step.* For instance, a mom might say that she and her husband don't refer to each other's children as step-children. They are simply "their children" or "their family." This makes sense to me, and I don't want my son to feel any less a part of our soon to be new family when my fiance and I get married, in that he will become a *step-child.* My question is, though, how do you get around that? My son has an...

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New Step Mom

My fiance and I are getting his daughter soon and she is 7 years old. Most...

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To the Step Parents

do you like being a step parent? why or why not, did you ever wish you could...