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[stephborel]

Hey everyone,
I was just checkin out the vacations and trying to find out some info when I found this forum. My situations kinda different. I'm in a relationship with a woman who had an 11 month old when I came into the picture. The baby just turned two, and we have a rad life. I'm kinda the step mom now of sorts.
It's awesome..I've done alot of stuff, and never been so happy to be a part of something so awesome. It wasn't planned obviously, so sometimes it makes it hard to be a part of the mom and daughter duo that i've come into, but slowly but surely it gets better and i feel more a part of things. But I love that kid as if she were my own. She's my rock star.
Thats my story.
Steph Borel

[WadyPhoto]

Good for you for loving that child! I jumped into a relationship with a woman who had a 10-year-old, 6-year-old and 2-year-old at the time. It was overwhelming at first, but now we are one big happy family. Now they are 14, 10 and 6!!! Welcome to the forums!

[stephborel]

Good for you for loving that child! I jumped into a relationship with a woman who had a 10-year-old, 6-year-old and 2-year-old at the time. It was overwhelming at first, but now we are one big happy family. Now they are 14, 10 and 6!!! Welcome to the forums!

Right on, that's awesome. It's nice to meet people in my situation. I couldnt imagine being anywhere else than where i am..A family is an awesome awesome awesome thing to be a part of.

[Loreena]

I agree with you guys, family is great. I came into a relationship with a women with 4 older children. They are now 34,33,32,22 and a 3 and a 10 year old grandchildren. It is awesome. They have accepted me as their mother's partner so much that my partner and I are getting married this summer. (Canadian) My own family failed in acceptance, so we create our own.

[cebii]

Steph -
Among rfamily, you will fit right in, many of the kids on these trips are not biologically related to their parents. You get to see how it just doesn't matter that much. We may not share genes, but our hearts are all the same color.

[Dominick]

I'm new here, too. I started dating my girlfriend back in 2002. I am now the proud father of her soon to be 13 year old son. We hope to have more children eventually, but I've stepped into the father roll. It was easier than I thought even though I was going through the start of my transition (from female to male) during our first few months dating.

My son has been the most accepting person and in those first few months, if a friend or family member would slip up and call me she, he was right there to remind them I was a he. I think it helped he was a part of the beginning of my transition because it helped him understand what I was going through a bit more than I believe he would had I just showed up completely male and dating his mom.

[TarheelDonna]

I came into my relationship with my partner who at the time had - 20yo,12yo,10yo sons and 2yo grandson. I never thought about finding my life partner with all the attachments. It has been great. All the boys have been wonderful for our 8 years together and many more to follow. I have grown to love them as my own - even through some rough teenage times. They love their mom and want her to be happy. Alex - the grandson - just figures I've been here forever. We are soon to have another grandson - - Aiden will get here in November. I can't wait to really be here from the beginning. Families are wonderful!!!! :D

[Dominick]

Congrats on the new Grandson Tarheel Donna and sounds like you have an amazing family!

[cwefamily]

HI Newbie and everyone else....I have to say it is nice to hear of other families like ours too.. My girlfriend found me when I was still married(to a man) with 7 kids ages 10,8,6,4,2 and 1yr old twins.....my marriage was not going well, and I fell in love with her, and here we are 2yrs later and loving our life(most of the time) I am openly gay, though I lost all of my friends because I wanted to divorce my husband and be with a woman...So it is nice to find a place where others understand....
We would like to find more families in our area who are gay and have children, so maybe we can get together and the kids can see other families too....
We are in Plymouth, MA
Take care everyone:)

[candue]

While we do not live there we travel there several times a year to see family. We usually stay in middleboro at the koa since there are so many of us. We too have seven kids although all older, our youngest is 8, but we had six of them together. Lets be in touch and see if we can't make some room for you there. TJ and crew

[cwefamily]

HI Candue....
Wow cool another family with 7!!! We are close to Middleboro...maybe next time you are here we can meet.....it would be nice to meet other families that are big and like us..E-mail me anytime....
Eileen

[KNewton]

Hi Cwefamily...We are in Vermont but travel to MA frequently also. We usually stay off from exit 12 on route 3 but go to Plymouth each year for whale watching, etc. Maybe we could meet sometime... I have a 5 year old son and my partner is raising her 7 year old nephew.

[cwefamily]

HI Kirsten....
We would welcome spending time with families like "ours" it is great for the kids...We are exit 3 off of RTE 3, but 12 is not far at all, actually my kids dad lives in Marshfield, which is that exit....send me and e-mail anytime you are in the area.....it is cahillnine@hotmail.com There is a great playground off of exit 5...:)

[KNewton]

HI Kirsten....
We would welcome spending time with families like "ours" it is great for the kids...We are exit 3 off of RTE 3, but 12 is not far at all, actually my kids dad lives in Marshfield, which is that exit....send me and e-mail anytime you are in the area.....it is cahillnine@hotmail.com There is a great playground off of exit 5...:)

Oh that's great! We vacation in Humarock which is a little village of Marshfield I guess. My family (minus myself) will be there on Sunday...so sorry I can't make it this time but my little bugger starts Kindergarten next week and someone has to stay home to help Great Grandpa out! I'll send you an email sometime soon and would love to meet up the next time we're in the area.

[Sawyersmith Family]

This is my first time on this blog. I have always hoped to find a venue of this kind.

Let us introduce ourselves. My name is Raymond, and Albert and I have been partnered since 1976, and we have been married since 2003. That year, our son, Wade was born.

Our lives have been filled with love for each and service to others. For professional reasons, Albert and I were an "open secret" to certain family and friends. Then, in 2003, I suffered a heart attack and had a quadruple cardiac bypass graft. Our outing was a marriage out in the open in Toronto, in the same venue, different building, that my parents received their licence decades before.

Last year, while on a routine examination or "stress test", my cardiologist noticed a tumour on my right inguinal node. I am still fighting Stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma, although I am mercifully in remission at this time. Our Lord has been kind to two who served Him for many years.

I guess that this is probably too long, other than to say that we are living in the States with both our new and altered careers, and in a Red State as well. The only advantage is that it is a university town and probably the most "liberal" in the state.

Thank you in advance for reading and sharing. Raymond, Albert and Wade.

[cwefamily]

Welcome Raymond.....wow, what a story..How are you feeling? How is everyone doing with all that has gone on since this all began? THis is a great place to find people, but also Family Pride, they do blogs too..I am glad you got to be "out" , sometimes life suprises us in ways would have never imagined.....

[Jan V]

This is my first time on this blog. I have always hoped to find a venue of this kind.

Let us introduce ourselves. My name is Raymond, and Albert and I have been partnered since 1976, and we have been married since 2003. That year, our son, Wade was born.

Our lives have been filled with love for each and service to others. For professional reasons, Albert and I were an "open secret" to certain family and friends. Then, in 2003, I suffered a heart attack and had a quadruple cardiac bypass graft. Our outing was a marriage out in the open in Toronto, in the same venue, different building, that my parents received their licence decades before.

Last year, while on a routine examination or "stress test", my cardiologist noticed a tumour on my right inguinal node. I am still fighting Stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma, although I am mercifully in remission at this time. Our Lord has been kind to two who served Him for many years.

I guess that this is probably too long, other than to say that we are living in the States with both our new and altered careers, and in a Red State as well. The only advantage is that it is a university town and probably the most "liberal" in the state.

Thank you in advance for reading and sharing. Raymond, Albert and Wade.


Wow, You've been through a lot in a short period of time. Good to hear that you are remission now. I'll keep you in my thoughts.

This site is a great place to get to know folks and make connections. I am lucky to live very out in the open and to have a great GLBT family organization (Rainbow Families) here in MN. Others do not have such great resources close to home.

Be well.