Family Ties

My sister wrote about the Bloopers people say because you are a step family or a step-mom. Very good read if I say so myself. They make a great duo her and Lori. Due to that we have the step family situation here in our home also.
I have never had the comments like they have. Nor has Jim.
Unfortunately, I do not have a very friendly relationship with my daughters father. We try to communicate on a civil level. Not, that there was a lack of trying. I have very strong opinions on him. But that is for another day.
Now, Jim is Brittany's "Step-Father" but if you ask her he is her dad. We have never hear her refer to Michael her brother as her half brother. He is just her brother. And her Father is her father and Jim is her dad. She does refer to her Step-Mother as her Step-mom or by her first name. But never by "mom".
We have had issues where people have confused her with being Jim's Biological daughter and he never corrects them because in his eyes she is. In the beginning we had issues with his family about her being his step-daughter or our step-grandchild but we nipped that in the butt right away.