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Samantha Smythe's Modern Family Journal
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Samantha Smythe's Modern Family Journal
By
Lucy Cavendish
There's me, Samantha, my husband John the Second,and our two children
Bennie and Jamie. And then there's my eldest son Edward from my first
marriage. I love my family to bits but even I stagger a bit when I see the
mess they create. Bennie, who is two, can't seem to use a potty. Jamie,
only eight months, eats nothing but butternut squash and Edward spends most
of his time watching Scooby Doo and drawing pictures on his willy. Every
now and then I lose my cool and start shouting like a mad woman and John
has to take me upstairs and calm me down.
But, despite my worry that a non-nuclear family may never be a 'real'
family, everything was fine until last summer when it got a whole lot more
complicated.
My ex-husband John the First turned up at our house for the first time in
five years. My sister's marriage broke up and my best friend Dougie did
nothing but drink wine and moan about this life.
Edward, of course, thought it was marvellous that he had two dads living
with him. I on-the-other-hand, began to feel I was slowly disappearing out
of sight.
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