I just turned 50 in February. I am almost 6 years into my second marriage. I have three children 19-23 years old. And I have three step children 19-27 years old. Everyone refers to us as the "Brady Bunch".

My passion is ...

My husband.

My parents always told me ...

Stay out of the water until you learn to swim!!!

My childhood ambition ...

Be a wife and mother.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Mary Higgins Clark's newest book.

My first job ...

Working in a privately owned clothing store.

My inspiration ...

My 19 year old daughter.

Relationships & Family > Marriage & Divorce (Other) How to protect your second wife from your first wife

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When I remarried seven years ago, both my husband and I came into the marriage with thirteen year old daughters. My daughter went to her dad's every other weekend. My step daughter lived with us, and never stayed overnight with her mother. My daughter was an honor roll student. My step daughter attended a different school, and just made grades well enough to get by. My daughter had curfews. My step daughter did not.

Trying to enforce rules for one child while the other gets by with things is hard enough. But when the step daughter constantly says, you are not my mother!, it gets ev...

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