Oddly I was raised different and don’t see the issue with it. My step dad and mom been married since I was two. He’s my dad and when my mom and him divorced, I was included into all that. I did the visits along with my brothers(his two children), he remarried and his wife has a son.
The wife son always came over and spent the night with us. We even took him on our family trips. My mama don’t be tripping on shit like that. We considered the son family and my mama included him.
Same shit goes for my younger brothers. My real dad and that side of my family included my two little brothers(no relation to my real dad). They spent the night with that side of the family. Got Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, etc.
I remember a Christmas being full of exes, steps, new wives. Best Christmas ever. My step dad and real dad used to be in the garage or outside cooking tough. My mama and step mother and other step mama(lmaoooooo) used to be chilling tough! All the grannies in the kitchen talking bout old people shit. Watching the adults in my family put all that bullshit aside for the kids was the shit and I’m happy af I was raised that way. Showed me that adults who have divorced and brought in new people can still get along and it ain’t always gotta be drama.