blended family love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A stepfamily.

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  • noun A blended (or complex) family denotes a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living kids from prior partners.

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  • blended family, n.

    The Guardian, 27 December 2015:

    There are therapists aplenty kept in business by the trials and tribulations of blended families. I’m surprised there aren’t more interior advisory services for “blended homes”, since levels of angst are often raised equally high by the torturous process of marrying our belongings.

    December 31, 2015