Step-moms are real moms.
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Yes, many step-moms can be real moms and good ones, at that. However, SOME step-moms aren’t at all “real moms”. And some step-moms may use a step child’s death to curry good feelings toward said step-mom. Such step-moms may well have a history of USING people and then discarding them when they are no longer of use. I have known a number of such people (both men and women) in my life.
I was one of the folks that Carly misled by her discussion involving what I was led to believe was the death of HER biological child. Instead, it was the death of her husband’s child who was raised by his first wife and died a continent away. Carly is a sociopath IMHO.
I, too, have come across several such people. It is truly distasteful behavior. I find it to be a sign of other, and much more profound, character flaws.
In Aust., there was a newspaper profile of our opposition leader, Bill Shorten. I never thought particularly well of Shorten, but this article really showed him to be a man of low character.
Jackson is one of the few slighted friends to publicly hit out at Shorten. Former Networker Aaron Patrick is another: "I loved the guy," Patrick told Fairfax Media last year. "But then, when I was no longer of use politically, he ended the friendship and we didn't have any contact after that."...
Once Shorten secured his seat, says Mighell, the calls stopped coming. The new member for Maribyrnong had moved on. Mighell does not regret supporting his former union buddy but concedes he, and the electricians' union, may have been used for their votes in the ALP. "One thing about Bill Shorten is that if you're no value to him, he doesn't go out of his way to be your friend."...
Tim Costello agrees. He has worked with Shorten on policy matters over a number of years, but says that as Opposition Leader Shorten is politically unconvincing . "I fear that the early signs show a person who is still sniffing the wind rather than having an unequivocal, clear vision for the nation."
The article is appropriately titled: 'Bill Shorten the Shape Shifter.' You will be unsurprised to hear that he is also on to his second marriage, and has also changed his faith from being a Catholic to an Anglican.
Heaven help Australia if he ever becomes Prime Minister. But I think these details are of more than local interest. Shorten is a "type", and it is a very bad social type. They get ahead, but they offer nothing positive, and tend to corrupt the good work of others.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/shorten-the-shapeshifter-20150616-ghowjg.html#ixzz3mGQEmk8P