Do you have kids?
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Just wondering: how do you Stepmoms with no Bio kids of your own answer this one? If Im alone, I toggle between just a "no" or sometimes "I have 2 stepsons". Depends on my mood }:)
If Im with DH he usually jumps in and says "I have 2 kids from a previous relationship"
Just curious what others do..........
My first response usually is
My first response usually is none that I know of.. Which gets really funny looks from people as I'm a girl.. Haha. It depends on who I'm talking to, sometimes its easier to claim them as mine rather then saying my fiance's daughter blah blah blah.
OMG! I'm so glad I'm not the
OMG! I'm so glad I'm not the only one that answers that question with "No I don't have any kids....at lease none that I know about." That is hysterical to me, especially when they try and explain to me why I would know something like that!
However, when we're out and about with DH's kid and I'm asked I always say "No....that's DH's kid." It's better to treat that situation like it's nuclear waste......I don't want to touch it or get any on me.
I say I have one of my own
I say I have one of my own and my husband has two.
If someone asks me if I have
If someone asks me if I have kids I answer just like this...whether FH is with me or not...
Someone: Do you have any kids? Are these yours?
Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FH: (chimes in!) I actually have two she takes care of them like they are hers whether she wants to admit it or not...
(Yeah...I definitely say NOOOOO as long, loud, and dramatic as I possibly can!
Since my BF's son looks
Since my BF's son looks nothing like him and it is rather genetically implausible that he is really his kid (shhh, I didn't say that)and I have the same coloration as the child, ironically, strangers often assume SS is mine, and BF is the SD. Which is totally awkward because when the little 11 year old brat is riding in the grocery cart like a four year old, and he is so fat it nearly tips over, strangers look at me like "hey mom, your hooligan is acting up." I want to wear a T-shirt that says "for godssake, he isn't mine." As if my kid would look or act like that. I have no good answer. Usually I just grimace until people leave me and my pseudo-family alone and hope I never run into anyone I know. Always very awkward, but what in our life isn't?
If you find that tshirt I
If you find that tshirt I want one!! I feel like that too when ss is embarassing. Once we had him and went to church (we go EVERY sun) and ss had no church clothes. We didn't realize it so he wore his rugged shorts and tshirt. I happened to run into someone I knew before but didn't know she lived in our city. Yep, introduced him as my STEPson because I was not taking responsibility for that mess!
As for me I answer I have 3 kids. (my bios) if ss is with us I say he's my stepson. He was absent from our livesfor 3 years so I don't claim him as anything more. Dh was also young when ss was born and I don't want people thinking I was the teen mom! So I let everyone know he is a step and I was not having/making babies in high school...instead waited til I was out of college!
Ha, reminds me of when I used
Ha, reminds me of when I used to babysit these AWFUL brat brothers. They would tear a place apart and scream- we got banned from the library! I made a shirt online that said "Im just the babysitter" and wore it when I was with them (but not around their parents). People would always comment on how they loved it and even parents would come up to me and say they wanted to wear it around their OWN kids, lol
If I am by myself I say 3 (my
If I am by myself I say 3 (my bios), if dh is with me I say, "we have 4" although I have said a few time that I have 3 in front of him. He told me later it hurt his feelings. So I usally do the we have 4 comment.
Hi, I say No, I have no kids,
Hi, I say No, I have no kids, but DH has a daughter. (note: not claiming that one!)
I say "No,but Dh as a
I say "No,but Dh as a daughter" as well. DH doesn't like it though. He wants me to say yes for some reason.
However when people we don't know refer to her as my daughter I accept it with a smile, as I wouldn't mind having a child so beautiful,from my DH.So who knows maybe one day he will give me one
my answer also changes cant
my answer also changes cant decide yet..... if i try to i'm scared my head will explode it doesn't even matter who i'm arould i'm not a bm kinda a sm step kids are to old to be mine i'm 19 ss-8 but sometimes when i'm feeling umm.. not completely crazy... and loving lol hmmm i call him my son... kinda remarkable actually if we ask him who's baby he is he tends to say my name, even when asked by his bf. lol
Mostly I say WE have 5 but I
Mostly I say WE have 5 but I gave birth to 2.