Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / June 2006

This is my first posting here so pls excuse me if I'm breaking some
rule or another.
I have been co-habitating with my g/f for 2.5 years whom I met 6 months
after a bitter separation with my wife of 22 years. My g/f  has 2 boys

I married my husband five years ago and I came into the picture with
two children and he had one.  My children lived with me and his son
lived with his mother. We have since then had a child between the both
of us.  Last year my husband asked me what I thought about his son (11

My husband and I have been married for four years...his son was 16
months old when we got together, he is six years old now.  Since, my
husband and I have had two other children.  When someone asks how many
kids I have, I always respond with three.  This little boy is my

My name is Alisa,
Some years ago I was married and had a child with my first husband who
left us when the child was few months old
When my first child was half a year old, I mate someone new that

I am a step-mum to a wonderful 6 year old. Dad has been Primary carer
since she was a year old due to mum's nervous breakdown. Mum is now
much better but still on medication, she lives with her parents,
doesn't work and claims benefits. I shall call mum B.

my name is kelsey. i have been dating a man for the past year and a
half. we had been friends for about a year before we got together. i
watched him go thru a messy divorce and he has had primary custody of
his kids since his separation. we started dating during his separation