tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post5155350302806034138..comments2009-11-17T09:38:02.140-08:00Florindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/097894020610347348943.rsblog@gmail.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-88514151220366391502009-11-17T09:38:02.140-08:002009-11-17T09:38:02.140-08:00<b>Vanessa (ChefDruck)</b> - You never know what&#39;s going to get their attention for syndication, so I&#39;m pleasantly surprised that this post did :-).<br /><br /><b>Wendy (Literary Feline)</b> - You&#39;re posing some really good questions. I think it probably varies depending on how close the people in question were during the marriage. I&#39;m friends with my ex-husband&#39;s sister and sometimes still refer to her as my sister-in-law, even though she hasn&#39;t been that for over seven years. To some extent, I really believe that we can choose <i>some</i> of the people we consider &quot;family.&quot; But having said that...depending on how they get along now, taking down that picture of your brother and his ex before he visits with his new girlfriend is probably not a bad idea :-).Florindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-7014098406238237702009-11-16T21:11:33.675-08:002009-11-16T21:11:33.675-08:00I think the last formal picture of my family was when I was a wee child. Most of the photos since then are amateur shots. <br /><br />Families are quite diverse and it is good that that is being more recognized now--I imagine there&#39;s still a ways to go yet.<br /><br />I admit I struggle over what to call my brother&#39;s ex-wife&#39;s son. Is he still my nephew? I never really knew him and so don&#39;t feel that family connection, and yet I don&#39;t want to dismiss him outright since he was a part of my brother&#39;s life for several years (the nephew is an adult now). Which reminds me, I need to take their family photo down before my brother and his new girlfriend visit . . . I&#39;m not sure why I&#39;m rambling about this. Weren&#39;t we talking about photos? LOL<br /><br />Congratulations on being syndicated! How cool is that?!Literary Felinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-33019864024200967072009-11-16T20:17:57.595-08:002009-11-16T20:17:57.595-08:00Congrats on getting picked up for syndication. I loved the post over at LA MB and I&#39;m not surprised they loved it too!ChefDruckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01581859830585809291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-78087047668998112282009-11-16T19:56:31.165-08:002009-11-16T19:56:31.165-08:00<b>Eva</b> - Well, OK, technically he&#39;s not an in-law <i>yet</i>, so I think you can make a case...for now. But spouses and kids are just where it starts to get complicated :-).<br /><br /><b>April</b> - Thanks - and thanks for being the only one who commented on it at LA Moms (until today, when my mother-in-law stopped by)!<br /><br /><b>Tracy (Gentle Reader)</b> - Are you folks using a wide-angle lens to get everyone in to the picture :-)? Extended family can be confusing to explain anyway - blending just adds another level.<br /><br /><b>Mike</b> - It&#39;s only my second time getting picked up for syndication in over a year of posting at LA Moms Blog; I don&#39;t think it&#39;ll go to my head. (April&#39;s had more posts picked up than I have :-).)<br /><br />We never get pictures of everyone together at the kids&#39; parties. It may be just as well.Florindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-67265782471387346682009-11-16T17:19:03.410-08:002009-11-16T17:19:03.410-08:00Congrats on the syndication. If you keep this up you&#39;re going to be too big for this blog stuff. :)<br /><br />my family was like that as a kid, too. We have very few pictures of all of us from that time. Probably none. :)Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03125852166745378716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-15955089581581038942009-11-16T16:31:08.547-08:002009-11-16T16:31:08.547-08:00Congrats on the syndication--how cool! Every summer when we get together with my husband&#39;s family, we take an insane family portrait that gets bigger every year. Not a lot of emotional baggage with the actual picture-taking, but certainly complicated relationships to explain when showing the picture to anyone :)Gentle Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-2042145488985952082009-11-16T10:40:52.246-08:002009-11-16T10:40:52.246-08:00Congrats on this being picked up for syndication!!Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12051174636017409935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3177722328294970217.post-23216374828265534542009-11-16T10:29:16.981-08:002009-11-16T10:29:16.981-08:00We&#39;re having a problem with family portraits this year too, because my sister is engaged and she and her fiancee have a daughter, but I want a FAMILY portrait, which in my mind doesn&#39;t include the fiancee. (Yes, I realise this probably makes me bratty, lol.) But how to do that w/o hurting his feelings? *sigh* I can imagine it&#39;d be more complicated for a blended family like yours. :)Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com