A very extended family.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when my bonus kid’s mom teaches them they don’t have any other siblings or family besides her and them. I am married to their father. I have kid’s. We are not just some fling. I wish she would just accept that the kids have step family. My bio kids have 5 half siblings that were removed from their parents care and placed woth family. My kids and I are close with them all. Therefore, when my husband and I married , he and my bonus kid’s also became close. My bonus kid’s call them their sisters and brothers and their foster mom is Aunt Tori. The kids all are young and have a blast playing with each other. It drives Marie insane that they talk about the other half siblings. She hates that they love their Aunt Tori so much. I find it sad mostly that she doesn’t have family like we do so she’s jealous and lashes out. I wish she could see the joy in the kids when they get to have fun and play with each other. It does no one any good to convince the kids that they aren’t their family. Harper and Aaron love their bonus siblings and know no different even when their mom tries to teach them they aren’t their family. I have raised my bio kids that family is not just blood. It’s about who you love and who you chose to have in your life. It is rare nowadays to find a completely nuclear family. They are blended in some sort and way. I help coparent with Tori for her kids and she does the same with me. Our kids know it as normal and we are one big happy family. Our kids all love each other and know they don’t have the same parents and it doesn’t bother them one bit I wish more people would see it that way and nor judge or be jealous.