http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/leann-rimes-brandi-glanvi_n_2238524.html


So much for a social media truce. Late last week, the Twitter feud between LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville was reignited when the country singer took to Twitter to share her weekend plans with her followers.
"Flying out with my boys in a few hrs," Rimes tweeted on Nov. 30, referring to husband Eddie Cibrian’s two sons with Glanville. "Love that it's a family tour weekend. It's always more fun when they are with me."
The tweet didn't go over well with Glanville, whom Cibrian split from in 2009 afterhaving an extramarital affair with Rimes.
"Someone is trying 2 get under my skin by calling MY children "her boys" Sooo transparent! They R MY boys, Eddie Boys and ur step-sons... 4 now," Glanville tweeted on Dec. 1.
The Twitter feud sparked further conversation on HuffPost Divorce's Facebook page, where step-moms and bio-moms alike chimed in with their thoughts on whether step-parents like Rimes should refer to their step-kids as their own.
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So I stumbled upon this article today on AOL & thought it would be a good D&D posting.
What do you think? Do you think Leann crossed a line by calling her stepsons' HER boys knowing it would upset the bio mom? Or do you think that it's okay for a stepparent to do so?
I myself, feel that if the bio mother/father is still in the child's life, it isn't fair or right for the stepparent to call the child their own. Yes, they were brought into the family, but they still have their own bio parents there. Now, say if the stepmother was brought into the family & the bio mother was no longer in the picture for some reason, I would see no harm for the stepmother to refer to the children as her own. But again, that is just my opinion.


What is yours?

I think they both need to grow up

I would be livid if those were my children.

Quoting Bob Wehadababyitsaboy:" I think they both need to grow up "

I think that, as well. ;) This has been going on for way too long.. Poor boys.

It seems like she is just trying to be catty and get to her. I dont think it was a slip, it looks very deliberate..

They are both too old to be acting like children, especially on the internet. Come on.

I'm very torn on if it crossed a line since I know I would be livid if someone called DD theirs but at the same time I have a step-mom who has been in my life since I was 5 and I'd be really hurt if she didn't consider me 'hers'.

I don't see anything wrong with calling step children your own.
but a celebrity fight on the internet? That's just sad.

They are too old to be acting this way especially on the Internet

everyone acts like she is the first person to take a married man, its been a few years now like time to move on and since she is married to Eddie technically they are her boys!, i think the bio mom needs to stop getting so hurt over everything if it wasn't leenne it would of been someone other woman and obviously there marriage was broken

Quoting Bob Wehadababyitsaboy:" I think they both need to grow up "

Agreed.

I think when a stepmother makes post like that publicly, she is definitely trying to piss the bio mother off. I know a person who has a stepson and every post on fb she makes public that has anything to do w the stepson in it so the real mother can see. It is obvious what she is trying to do. I would be smurfing pissed.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Carol  :</b>" I'm very torn on if it crossed a line since I know I would be livid if someone called DD theirs but at ... [snip!] ... the same time I have a step-mom who has been in my life since I was 5 and I'd be really hurt if she didn't consider me 'hers'. "</blockquote>




This is the same with me but I have a step father who has been there my while life.

Why does it have to be ones or the others. I agree with the post about step parents not claiming them as there own. I take care and haven't taken care of my stepson longer then anyone else he sees his mom a few days out of the month if that. Does that mean he's not mine because me and him would both beg to differ.

I think it's horribly stupid and petty to be upset. Seriously? Grow up.

I had step parents growing up, and I was THEIR child too. It meant they loved me and treated me like their kid and I'd much prefer that. My step-mom was more of the "your mother is your mother, I'm not your mom" type and I hated it. It's ALWAYS been clear that she has HER kids, and then there is my sister and I/ It isn't a single family. If my husband and I separated and he remarried, I'd hope that his new wife loved the kids enough to consider them hers. The only reason not to is the bio mom being petty IMO. It isn't about the kdis at all, and it should be.