I'm still wrestling with the thought that if we get a divorce, I have no legal rights to my stepson. No one really seems to talk about this, so I'm hoping to get some real discussion going here.
In a traditional family that breaks up, both parties can have joint custody of the kids. And the relationships are maintained either way, because well.....they are your biological kids. You are always going to be either dad/daddy or mom/mommy no matter who your ex-spouse dates or marries down the line.
My stepson is almost 5 years old, and I basically have been in his life since he was in diapers. If my husband and I divorce, I just don't see how I can remain in his life nor do I see how it would be reasonably for the long-term that we would be able to maintain the nature of our relationship......as mother and child. He calls me Mommy, and he is my child, my angel, my baby, and my son. I refer to him as my child wherever I am. And my husband has full custody of him.
Is there any chance that I can still be Mom to him, even if me and my husband divorce? Even if my husband goes on to marry a new woman (meaning new step-child) in some years? Even if I remarry?
I'm just so torn :(
In a traditional family that breaks up, both parties can have joint custody of the kids. And the relationships are maintained either way, because well.....they are your biological kids. You are always going to be either dad/daddy or mom/mommy no matter who your ex-spouse dates or marries down the line.
My stepson is almost 5 years old, and I basically have been in his life since he was in diapers. If my husband and I divorce, I just don't see how I can remain in his life nor do I see how it would be reasonably for the long-term that we would be able to maintain the nature of our relationship......as mother and child. He calls me Mommy, and he is my child, my angel, my baby, and my son. I refer to him as my child wherever I am. And my husband has full custody of him.
Is there any chance that I can still be Mom to him, even if me and my husband divorce? Even if my husband goes on to marry a new woman (meaning new step-child) in some years? Even if I remarry?
I'm just so torn :(
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