What to Know Before You Marry a Single Mom
Hey Stepdadding, My best friend just two years ago became a single mom. We’re in Canada and she lives half way across the country with her
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Hey Stepdadding, My best friend just two years ago became a single mom. We’re in Canada and she lives half way across the country with her
Hi, I came across your site while looking for some information about a situation I am having. I do not want to post anything where
Stepdad, I’m a 55 year old widower. My wife passed away just under 2 years ago. I have a 23 year old daughter who is
Dear Stepdad, My ex-fiancé raised my son as his own for 3 1/2 years. He was the only daddy my son knew. My son’s biological
Stepdad, Ok, I have been married for six years now. My wife went out on me and we now have a new daughter. I am
Stepdad, My girlfriend, a single parent moved in with me a year ago. We’ve been dating almost two years. She has two boys, 14 and
Hi Stepdad, I am getting married in 10 weeks. My parents divorced when I was 15 months old and my Stepdad has been in my
Dear Stepdad, My 7 year old loves his new step-dad. You can tell. His attitude lately has been rough though and his step-dad is trying to
Hi Stepdad, I’m currently in a relationship with a single mom and the father wants to take pictures with her and the child? And I
Dear Stepdad, I’m 18 and college bound, but still don’t know if I’m commuting or living closer to school. My mom just got married to
Dear Stepdad, My husband and I have been married for 5 years. At first, he and my daughter got along fine. But for the last
Dear Stepdad, My question may seem a strange one. I am separated from my husband. We have no children together, but he has two children
Dear Stepdaddding, I have two biological children with my current husband and three children (two daughters, 18 & 16, and a son who’s 10). Over
I divorced in 2009 and remarried in 2011 to my beautiful wife who has two lovely daughters. It’s been four years now and my youngest
Hi, I am not a real Stepdad yet. I am still dating a single mom, and she is a mother of a 10 year old
Dear Stepdad, My partner and I have been together since my daughter was 2, she is now 4. She and my partner have always had
Dear Stepdad, I’m not sure if you have ever had a question from a stepchild but I’m actually a stepdaughter of 17 years give or
My name is Madison and I’m 17, I also have a 14 year old sister named Syd. My step dad is an amazing man, more
I’m the bio-dad. I have joint custody, no child support, and a parenting schedule of one week on/one week off. Every time the kids’ mother
Dear Stepdad, I need help. The other day my four year old daughter’s bio-dad let her down and she got really upset. It’s not the
Dear Stepdad, I started dating my wife when her son was 1 year old. My understanding is that the bio dad was abusive to my
Hello I am NOT a step dad. I have always been a single mother of my six children. Two years ago I met a great
Stepdadding, Hi I’m a stepdad to a six year old little little girl for about two years now I’ve been a weekend dad for a
Dear Stepdadding, Hello! My husband and I have been married for a year and together for five. My children from a previous relationship are 13
Stepdadding, I’m the Stepdad and all the real dad does is walk in and out of the child’s life whenever he wants to when he
Dear Stepdadding, I am dating a women with 3 children, she is 31. That does not bother me but my problem is that she talks
Stepdadding, I have been in a serious relationship for a year and a half now with my girlfriend who I love very much. We have
Stepdadding, I have been a Stepdad since August. At first things were really good with me and my step daughter. Her father is around more
Dear Stepdadding, When I found out I was pregnant the “bio father” told me to never contact him again (we weren’t married). I did just
Stepdadding, I met my wife 7-8 years ago, been together even since. She came with a 7 year old at the time who is now
Dear Stepdadding, I want to know if it’s good etiquette for my wife to acknowledge me on father’s day. I am a stepfather since October
Dear Stepdadding, How do you handle and deal with a spouse that you feel makes differences with his children and yours that he makes it
Hi, I would like to start by saying thank you for this site. My wife sends me informative material all the time to help improve
Dear Stepdad, I’ve been a Stepdad to two small kids for two years now, mom and I living under same roof…overall the adjustment has gone
So, logically with the way kids and technology today I believe its ok, if not prudent to check to see what kids are doing on
Hi Stepdadding, I need some help. I have been a single mother for the past 3 years. I had a very ugly custody fight with
Hi there. I don`t know if someone is reading this or someone might read this but I hope there is because I’m really looking for
Dear Stepdad, I’m the mom of two amazing girls, and recently remarried a wonderful guy who was never married before and has no children of
Hello StepDadding, My situation, I’m sure, is not uncommon. I’ve been in a relationship with my wife for over 5 years. Her only child, her
Dear Stepdadding, I realize that this website is for Stepdads, but I am looking for all the advice and help I can get. Okay, here
Dear Stepdad, I’m the mom of two amazing girls, and just recently remarried to a wonderful guy who was never married before and has no
Dear Stepdadding, I am a bio father and my wife cheated on me with our chiropractor. We have divorced since and I can’t stand this
Dear Stepdad, I’m in a very complicated situation. Please understand and if willing leave some advice. I have been dating a beautiful and wonderful woman
I got this note from a reader, “I’m the step dad and all the real dad does is walk in and out of the child’s
Dear Stepdad, I am looking for a legal way to keep my 7 year old step daughter this weekend. Normally it would be the bios
Dear Stepdad, My brother’s wife recently passed away. It was the second marriage for both. They had 4 step-kids between them, but no children of
Dear Stepdad, Forty years ago my mother was married to her second husband thus the Stepfather. I need to add he is a very nice
Hi, I’m thinking of becoming a step dad to a 2 and half year old. I’ve been dating his mother since he was one. I’m
My wife and I have been together for five years and today my wife told me to spank the kids b13 g12 b11, to which
I like your site, but I’m hoping you can help me or possibly re-direct me. Most of your articles are, understandably, focused on blended families
I’m the bio-dad. I have joint custody, no child support, and a parenting schedule of one week on/one week off. Every time the kids’ mother
Hi, My stepdad met my mom when I was seven and they married when I was 10 or 11. Now I’m 18, so it’s been
Help, I started having feelings for my stepdaughter and I don’t want them. I know this is weird but I also heard many situations like this.
Ok first off I married a lady with 4 children. g15, b 13, b 9, b 7. The two little ones… not that big of
I helped to raise my wife’s child of a previous relationship from the time he was 1.5 years old until he was almost 7. My
Mr. Wheeler, I deeply need your help. I am currently with a german citizen whose ex (never married) Is a confirmed sociopath, and very dangerous.
Dear Stepdad, I’ve been in and out of Afghanistan. In the last three years I’ve spent about 9 months home. I’m 22 and so is
Dear Stepdad, I write this email with a heavy heart because I just don’t know what to do anymore. But I can’t help how I
When I get married does that automatically make him stepdad to my son? Or do I have to file legal papers for that? The biological
Hi, I’m a soon to be official stepdad, but I’ve been living with my kids for 3 years now. In our case the ex was
My mother and stepfather are divorced. He has remarried and has another family now. Is he still classified as my stepfather? Karen Karen, Thanks
I’ve been reading your site and there’s some great information, but I’m struggling. He’s been living with us for a year now, and it’s still
When I first got with my wife her ex was worried that I was going to steal his son away from him. Being the man
I married my wife–who is the non-custodial parent of her two boys, now 9 and 12–3 years ago. Although my wife does not have any
Stepdad, Hello I have been married to my wife about a year now. She is pregnant with our first child. She already has a child
I would like to hear how Step Dads protect the child’s relationship with his REAL Father? What kinda things do you guys/”stepdads” do to “de- dramatize”
I married my wife four years ago when her son was only six. He is an awesome kid and we get along quite well. He
I divorced my kid’s mom when she was 8 and now she’s in her late 20’s. Her mom got together with her new husband when
Our 23 y/o daughter is getting married next year and we are contributing a significant amount of money to the ceremony. Her bio-dad is contributing
I have a peculiar situation in that the bio-mom in our family is a compulsive liar who has only just recently been institutionalized. I have
My wife and I have a 4 year old boy and a 6 month old girl. Our boy’s biological father is a good father and
I married for the first time last year. I’m in my mid 30s and married a single mom with 4 kids. There are 3 boys
I know this site is for Stepdads, so I hope it’s ok if I ask a question. I’m a single mom of 2 girls, ages
This really stings. I’ve been raising my son since I married his mom 10 years ago. He was six when we got married and about
Stepdads are at risk. I was engaged to a single mother and she recently left me. She has two great kids and they went with
I’ve been dating to a lady who is a single mom and it’s starting to get serious. I don’t have any kids but she has
My wife and I have been married for about a year and her ex is a huge pain to deal with. My step kids –a
Is there a general kind of standard that tells us what a stepdad’s role should be in raising the kids? I want to help her
I seem to date single moms all the time but not really into girls without kids. I don’t know why but I’m just drawn to
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