Poll: Step-parents = deuche?

[interspark]

you see it all the time on ye olde fairy tales and old disney movies (which i suppose are actually the same thing) all step-parents are complete deuchebags who care only for their spouse and their future children and not for the ones they ending up with. of course i disregarded this mostly until my mum re-married, and was most certainly not disapointed, that is to say i was! i mean.. oh you know what i mean, she re-married and he was a bastard, so today's question is, did your parents break up and re-marry and, if so, what were your step-parents like?

 

[Berethond]

My parents are still married.

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Step parents are fine, they'll only seem to have a problem if you're willing to find one.

 

[Jedamethis]

My step-dad's okay. Gets really pissed off occasionally but that's been happening much less lately, so I'm okay with him. My half-sisters are good too, no different from normal sisters.

 

[Dags90]

Since I don't have any, I'll have to rely on what the media has taught me about step-parents.

More often than not, they're a bit of a jerk. Either to everyone or just the kids that aren't his that they have to "put up with." If they don't have any kids, expect them to try and "steal the kid" from their real parent emotionally. In the case of step-mothers, they may simply be gold-diggers.

Don't expect them to stick around, step parents rarely make it to the end of a movie. The power of love only saves the original nuclear family. Nothing will save a failed relationship like a step-parent killed in some dramatic fashion.

 

[JRCB]

My stepdad is a drunk.

Love my stepmom and her kids, though.

 

[PeePantz]

Are you trying to ask if I have German step parents?? No, I don't even have step parents. My originals are still intact.

 

[CoffeeOfDoom]

My stepmum is a complete ***** to my mum, so I can't forgive her for that.
My stepdad however is awesome

 

[Jedoro]

Parents divorced, but dad's gone so I dunno if he remarried. Mom married her boss who made six digits a year, but of course we never saw any of that. As her kids, we got to live in her house while she moved in with him, and he's taken her on all kinds of vacations: twice to Canada, once to England, and we're just lucky enough to get Christmas presents. Not to sound bitter or anything, but she married a rich guy and we still get to live how we used to.

 

[-Samurai-]

My mother has remarried twice. The first time I was young and he was pretty cool, but he gave his previous child much more leeway than he did my brothers and I.

My mom remarried again last year. He's much older than her, and he's generally a very nice, respectable guy. He's a former Marine and still holds on to all those values. He knows that my brothers and I aren't looking for a father figure and we're too old for that now, so he doesn't pretend to be our dad or anything. It's going pretty damn good.

 

[Vrach]

Step parents are fine, they'll only seem to have a problem if you're willing to find one.

Because a single generalization covers an entire massive group of people flawlessly

OT: Never had step parents. From my very limited experience, kids are usually fine with them if they're introduced into their lives early enough (up to say, 6 years old or so?) or later in their life (post 20 or so). In between can be a ***** though due to children being grown up to actually need to adapt to a new (and likely very significant) person in their lives and not grown up to the point of it not being able to bother them so much, but depends a lot on case to case of course as well.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Apart from anything else, its douche, not deuche. Now, to get on topic, think of it from your step-parents point of view. Hes got to try and be a father to a kid thats already grown up, thats no easy task. Before you criticize your step-parents think of the position they're in, its not an easy one.

 

[xmbts]

I've had a step-father for most of my life, we didn't get along at all. We didn't understand each other very well and neither of us made an attempt to. Though now I see he wasn't hellbent on making me miserable, we actually get along pretty well these days.

 

[No_Remainders]

I don't have a step-parent, and I can only imagine they wouldn't be German if I did.

 

[TWRule]

My stepdad was pretty much a royal jerk to me, my sister, and my mom for years, but more recently he's mellowed out a little and we've managed to get along decently.

 

[Wyes]

My mum re-married, step-dad is a considerable improvement over my real dad. Top-notch guy, love him dearly.

 

[interspark]

Don't expect them to stick around, step parents rarely make it to the end of a movie. The power of love only saves the original nuclear family. Nothing will save a failed relationship like a step-parent killed in some dramatic fashion.

yeah, this isnt one of those kind of situations, in my case, my original dad is an equal if not biger bastard than the one my mother married, difference is, original was a bastard to her, the new one is a bastard to me and my sister, she's moved out now but i still have to put up with him... of course he's perfectly fine to his son

 

[Blue Musician]

you see it all the time on ye olde fairy tales and old disney movies (which i suppose are actually the same thing) all step-parents are complete deuchebags who care only for their spouse and their future children and not for the ones they ending up with. of course i disregarded this mostly until my mum re-married, and was most certainly not disapointed, that is to say i was! i mean.. oh you know what i mean, she re-married and he was a bastard, so today's question is, did your parents break up and re-marry and, if so, what were your step-parents like?

My parents still live together, but they might separate continent-wise because of the civil/drug war here where I live.

 

[interspark]

Apart from anything else, its douche, not deuche. Now, to get on topic, think of it from your step-parents point of view. Hes got to try and be a father to a kid thats already grown up, thats no easy task. Before you criticize your step-parents think of the position they're in, its not an easy one.

quite, but i dont think that such complecations quite justify repeated use of force and violence when dealing with children, or using a rolling pin to settle an arguement with my sister? of course he's nowhere near as brave now that im the same height as him, but if it's small kids he's """""parenting""""" then he's all mr firm but fair!

i dont mean to be rude, but please dont question my judgment on someone you've never had the displeasure of meating in person