[Cherie]

Originally Posted by ChristmasNeeve

I do think step parent/step child relationships will be different when your parent meets that person after you're an adult though, you're never going to consider that person a care giver towards you or a substitute parent like you might if you were a child when them and your parent got together.

Post of the thread! and its the same for both the step child and the step parent, obviously if the child is young and dependant its a totally different thing to when the "child" is an adult and earning their own money. At some point all parents have to step back and let the person make their own way in life, we can't subsidise our children for ever! Its one thing giving Christmas/Birthday gifts but a total other thing to commit to money being given every month, there has to come a point in every parents life when we say if you want X, you have to pay for it yourself!