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avid · 07-03-2008, 05:52 PM

This is an interesting subject, and fortunately, one that hasn't touched us too much.

We are a MFM triad. My husband of 14 years and I have 3 kids, two of whom live at home (9 and 11). My partner has blended his family with ours, and his 20yo daughter lives with us.

My 9yo daughter, just today, made a statement something like, "Mom, our family is weird, isn't it? I mean, I have 2 dads".

I simply responded, "Yep, we're weird".

My kids have come up with the two dads thing themselves. We didn't put that on them, and we don't make a deal about it.

I think the reason it's no big deal is because we have a diverse community that we belong to, and very close friends of ours are lesbians who are getting married in a couple of weeks (and they asked me to make their cake!). My girls understand, because we believe it, that families come in all shapes and sizes, and family is what you make it.

We also homeschool, so they don't have to deal with any school issues.

Now, all that being said, for those who I prefer not to have too much knowledge of our life, we simply say that my partner is my business partner. Which he is.

07-03-2008, 05:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
avid Open to the Universe Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 307 Location: Oshawa, ON Status: Female part of MFM triad	Re: Poly & Kids This is an interesting subject, and fortunately, one that hasn't touched us too much. We are a MFM triad. My husband of 14 years and I have 3 kids, two of whom live at home (9 and 11). My partner has blended his family with ours, and his 20yo daughter lives with us. My 9yo daughter, just today, made a statement something like, "Mom, our family is weird, isn't it? I mean, I have 2 dads". I simply responded, "Yep, we're weird". My kids have come up with the two dads thing themselves. We didn't put that on them, and we don't make a deal about it. I think the reason it's no big deal is because we have a diverse community that we belong to, and very close friends of ours are lesbians who are getting married in a couple of weeks (and they asked me to make their cake!). My girls understand, because we believe it, that families come in all shapes and sizes, and family is what you make it. We also homeschool, so they don't have to deal with any school issues. Now, all that being said, for those who I prefer not to have too much knowledge of our life, we simply say that my partner is my business partner. Which he is.