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If you don't act like a family, it isn't going to work!Aug 03 '00 (Updated Aug 11 '00) Write an essay on this topic.My stepfather moved in with us when I was 10. I am the oldest of three kids. So, I was old enough when my parents got divorced to remember. I was very much still hoping that my parents would get back together. Obviously that never happened. But I'll tell you what did happen, my mother married a man that I am proud to call Dad now. My stepfather spent extra time with me, learning my likes and dislikes. He took me fishing, to my basketball games and just out in general to spend extra time trying to win me over. Obviously my Mom told him I was gonna be hard. He bought me things that the other girls didn't get. They were young and liked whatever boyfriend my mother brought home. But the most important thing that he did was treat us like we were his family right from the start. There was never a snide comment to any of his friends about us being someone else's kids. Never a hesitation when it came to getting us anything that we wanted. We got everything he could afford to buy us for Christmas, our birthday, or any other special occasion. When there was trouble between my mother and I he was there to try to fix the problem. What I am saying is that if you expect to live in a house with other people, you have to live as one family. I don't mean like the Brady Bunch.(If those people were real they would have to be on drugs.) But I do mean trying your best to get along and understand that everyone has to adjust to it. Otherwise it will never work.  |
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