2007-12-24 19:03:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Absolutely!!! My girls are my bonus daughters (they live with us) and I love them as if they were my own. I know there are people out there who would disagree and say there is no way that I could since I didn't give birth to them...those same people don't doubt the parental love of adoptive parents, though and I find that quite the contradiction! My girls are my CHILDREN and I would do anything for them. My youngest is multiply disabled and I literally live my whole life revolving around her needs and happiness.I don't think blood determines family. I have 3 nephews and 1 niece...only 2 of the nephews are "blood relative" the other nephew and the niece are adopted....they are no less family than the blood relatives. I love my parents to death because if asked they say they have 6 grand kids...they NEVER have said "well, we have 2 step-grand kids, 2 adopted grand-kids and 2 grand-kids"!! The very idea is preposterous to them. They have6 grand kids...that's it. My girls are as much their grand-daughters as the rest of them. My favorite saying is "blood may be thicker than water, but LOVE is thicker than blood". Family is all about the heart. It doesn't matter how you are related or if you even are...family is family if your heart says it's family.
2007-12-24 23:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by aly_des 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it doesn't matter. I don't have step parents or step children but I have nieces and nephews who were not biological children to our family. Tonight my niece and her son were at Christmas Eve. My brother was married to her mother but she was conceived with another man. She has been a niece for 34 years as much as any others. Sometimes it is so odd to think her son doesn't look like family we never saw his bio dad so don't know if the looks like him. But he is mom's first great grandchild and she was in the delivery room when he was born, he is family even if he isn't blood.
2007-12-24 19:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by shipwreck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a different kind of love. All of my step kids were young adults when I came into the picture, so they don't see me as a dad, but more as a mentor. There is very real love there, but they have their own biological father and he does care for them. We can still have fun, and they feel very safe in coming to me when they have a crisis or problem.
2007-12-24 19:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by doc h 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on the way they treat you.If they loved and cared for you and helped you deal with your problems and were there for you when you need them then you may love them more than your regular family.
2007-12-24 19:11:47 · answer #4 · answered by noona 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-12-24 19:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋