I don't know how to put this, but how come a new woman in a man who has kids life is called a step mom...To the kids he already has?
Why isn't the ex wife anything to the new wife's kids? Does this make sense?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
It does matter if they marry, or at least live at the same address and she becomes a substitute for the mother.
Hence the name "step"-mother. The title makes a lot more sense than "biological mother" because that is tautology based on the obvious: everyone can only have one father and mother so anyone taking either's place can only be a "step-parent"
Hence the name "step"-mother. The title makes a lot more sense than "biological mother" because that is tautology based on the obvious: everyone can only have one father and mother so anyone taking either's place can only be a "step-parent"