In my last post I said we need new vocabulary for in vitro kids for:
- my mom that carried me for 9 months
- my mom who donated an egg
- my dad who donated sperm
- etc
Well, we also need new vocabulary terms for all the new extended families out there:
- my husband’s ex (how are you supposed to introduce her?)
- my step-grandmother (is that your stepmom’s mother or your grandfather’s new wife?)
- my half brother’s cousin
- my half brother’s stepbrother
- …
What other terms can you think of? How do you deal with them?