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on my dad's side, i've been very lucky. he's been remarried for about 25 years to a great lady. i refer to her as my "other mother" rather than "step mother". her two daughters have also always been great. the only trouble was that one of my step-aunts and her husband used to treat my and my brothers (the step sons) differently than their blood neices (my step sisters). my other mother stood up to them and demanded they treat us all the same. in the long run the husband was the real problem (a real asshole) and ever since they split up, the aunt has been cool.
on my mom's side it's been pretty much a non-issue. she short second and third marriages, and there weren't any real problems, but they didn't last long enough to make much of an impression. i never spent any real time with my step-siblings from those marriages. she was single for about 15 years after that, and just remarried recently to a nice guy who seems to be a keeper. he has two children which are nice enough, but being that i'm grown and gone now i don't have much contact with them.
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