Does this seem wrong to you?

[josh]

My nephew was here today. At my Mom's house.

My neice was not. She is conspicuously absent on these occasions.

This is always a source of... confusion, pain, and a bit of anger to me.

The justification my brother and mother give is this... Tori (neice) is not actually my brother's kid. My ex-sister-in-law already had Tori when they got married. But Connor (nephew) is their kid together, so he comes over. Alone.

But I say... Tori has never MET her birth father, let alone had a relationship with him. She's never spent time with his family. The only father's family she knows is my family. I think she should spend as much time with us as Connor does.

Now, my mother agrees with me. She would love to spend much more time with both of them, but is at the mercy of my ex-sister-in-law (who has custody) for that. She doesn't want to piss my ex-sister-in-law off, lest she make the situation even worse (that is, see the kids even less).

Am I right to think that Tori is getting gyped* here?

Josh

*=thanks to Martin for spelling help. ;)

[radhika]

I think that is sad also. My aunt has a stepdaughter and she comes to all our family functions. She's a sweetheart and we love her even though she is not blood related. She still is family.

Where does she go when they come to visit you? Do they tell her she cannot come with them?

[Julie]

You are so in the right, honey!

If that's the only family she's ever known, she has a right to see her gramma and uncle. And doesn't the mom think the little girl might be jealous of Connor (who is a cutie!)...

I hope she doesn't end up affected by all of this


Julie

[pretty dark]

my stepfather's family all but ignored me.it hurt.

[June]

awww no one should be deprived of a loving family...blood relitive or no blood relitive it makes no difference..my family isn't close at all..my aunt hates us actually b/c we aren't catholic (thats a whole other story). we spend all our holidays with our REALLY close friends..who are like our family...but not related to us in any way...anyways what i'm trying to say is that Tori should be able to spend time with you and your mom...hehe i may have gone off topic here or made no sense at all but thats my two cents :e :O :e

-emily-

[chloe dancer]

this is clearly a case of deviant homosexuals.


no seriously - yeah the kid is totally getting gyped who gives a fuck about a blood line - people are people and should be loved -