My son keeps asking me when I'm going to have another baby. He wants a sibling and he's not alone. I have baby cravings all the time, especially after spending time with my sister's new baby - or looking at the pictures of him that are on my fridge or kitchen table. Basically, several times a day! Bonus Families is a website and a wonderful term for the step-families of my generation. I'd like to inherit a bonus family someday, but I'm not in any hurry. I'm still enjoying the time I have with my son and getting to know myself as a single ...
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So you decide that you can't live without each other and want to entertain the combination of two families...living in a blended family...what do you do? The wedding itself can be quite the headache. Thinking about whether or not to subject the family to yet another union between you and another future spouse is the least of your worries. The real questions are do you elope or do you have a formal wedding ceremony. In our case, we chose to have a formal wedding ceremony. MDT is Catholic and had to contact the church for an annulment of the union with DEX (Since I ...
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Well, sometimes you wish your kids would eventually move out and sometimes you are sad. I have to say that although there have been times when I wished the Rap Master was not living here, now is not one. About two weeks ago, we helped him move into a house with some of his new friends. There are six people in this house near downtown. It is in a historic area and the house is pretty interesting. It is old and has some bad points but all in all, it is not bad for his first place. The room he picked does not have ...
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I thought it might be important to mention the other parties in this relationship. If you are in a blended family, you know exactly what I mean. Even though you might have divorced your former spouse, they still are always, somehow, someway in the picture. Let me introduce you to LEW and DEX. LEW is my ex-wife. I have a little explaining to do regarding her nickname here. LEW stands for Lousy Ex Wife. Now I must say, she is not a bad mom or a lousy woman. This nickname came about when voice dialing first came on the scene with cellular telephones. I ...
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When my first marriage ended, there was a pet involved in the process as well. We had a dog that slept in our bed with us. I know that people love their pets, sometimes as much as kids, but sharing the bed with a dog is...well...kind of gross. Our dog would wake up at night and lick his paws. Imagine waking up and rolling over into a wetspot on the bed. With or without dogs, I am sure each of you has once done this (I won't get into the specifics of non-dog wetspots but you know what I mean.). The other lovely thing ...
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