not sure if it is a direct result from the environment I grew up in.Q: Overall, how would you rate you life growing in a divorced and stepfamily environment? Oldest Brother: Overall, I think life in the step family environment has helped me some ways, like relating to my own step-kids, and forces me to communicate as much as possible with my wife.Middle Brother: Today, I feel luckier than most people do because I have two moms and two dads who love me very much.Q: If you could do anything different in you life growing up in a divorced / stepfamily environment, what would it be? Oldest Brother: I can’t think of anything right off hand that I would have done differently. I made no decisions about the directions that our family took. I felt as if we were just there for the ride.Middle Brother: Probably, try to get along better with my stepmother and siblings.Q: Do you have any additional thoughts, opinions, and experiences that you had during your life that you would like to contribute?Oldest Brother: An experience, I had, that kind of shattered my image of my mother, was one night I really needed to talk to her. I had just lost my girlfriend, and really depressed. I went to her apartment to see her but she already had company. I don’t ever remember Dad ever letting me down like that. I do want to say that after all that has happened to me and my other siblings I do love my parents, and my stepsiblings as much as I can love them. I think we turned out ok considering what could have happened to us.Middle Brother: I believe divorced family includes everything that is put into it. I think overall that the history of my family is a success story. Everybody in my family gets along with each other with no regrets and would do anything for each other. That's more than some families can say.Conclusions draw by the research data compared to the interviews of these two brothers suggests less similarities and more positive diff...
