When I married Billy he had a son and a daughter and so did I.Right at the begining we said we did not believe in "steps" children have a mother and a father and "steps" are bonus parents as they choose to have you.
I think we got it right, Billy has been a wonderful bonus dad to my two,( we would have to ask the opinion of his two as to what they think of me!!)My proudest moment was my daughter getting married and her two dads walking her into church and giving her away and then both giving speeches at the reception as father of the bride. I always feel sad when young people are getting married and one parent or the other(when divorced) dictate that if the ex comes to the wedding then they will not.A young lady who used to work for me got married far away from home in St Lucia with neither parents there as her mother refused to be in the same room as her ex husband and the bride did not want to upset either of them at great emotional expense to herself, we all have issues, but our children should come first.
Loving this late night table Jerry, glass of wine then off to bed, night all