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Sometimes you meet your soulmate after 1 or several marriages. It is NEVER easy to succeed under such circumstances.

When single, divorced and widow(er)d people with children hook up together to form newly-blended families, a lot of work and sacrifices have to be made by all involved. How do they do it?

Types of blended families are:

1. Single blends: One spouse OR PARTNER has a child or more children prior to getting married or remarried to form a new family by having/adopting a child or children.

2. Double blends aka THE BRADY BUNCH MODEL, as the name denotes has a family set up with both spouses or PARTNERS forming another family with children from previous relationships or marriages. They may then go on to have more children or leave the “matter” as it is.


This set-up has lead to some most-toxic and dysfunctional family situations with domestic, sexual and physical abuse rearing their ugly heads.

Some families have managed to overcome and i can’t help but celebrate them. These families exist all over the world and successful models are mostly found in OYINBO land.

I will try to find some “BLACK” families, so wish me luck!

https://www.oprahmag.com/life/relationships-love/a25924942/goldie-hawn-kurt-russell-marriage/

She was 21, he was 16 when they first met. Now she is 73, he is 68!

Lisa Benet (aka Denise Huxtable in (COSBY SHOW) and Jason Mamoa(aka KARL DROGO in GOT).

Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith.

KanwuliaExtra:
Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith.

Remove Jada & Will from this list... there's nothing "healthy" about their situationship!

wisdomiskey:


Remove Jada & Will from this list... there's nothing "healthy" about their situationship!

Why is that?

Oyibo state of mind different from ours. I simply admire how simple they are.

The other side of the blended family spectrum that I really have also loved to celebrate with some reservations:

The Kardashian-Jenner House of Family Commotion.

Oh boy!

Disi wan na POWER BLENDER o!

How do they do it?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5V9PBeEpaU

Kevin and Eniko Hart.

Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher.

Demi Moore and Bruce Willis.

J-Lo and A-Rod!

Madonna!

Alivia Keys and Swizz Beatz!

Steve and Majorie Harvey!

Wawu! This is nice...all that matters is happiness. So long as they are able to make it work....Awesome!

T n’ T!

sisisioge:
Wawu! This is nice...all that matters is happiness. So long as they are able to make it work....Awesome!

Yes o!
There is HOPE!

Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielburg!

Diana Ross!

Russell Wilson and Ciara with their children.

eyinjuege:
Russell Wilson and Ciara with their children.

Was just about to post this.
Thanhs.

I have seen a program on which Alicia and her hubby's ex were giving an interview together. I absolutely admired their interaction and how they related to one another. Pure maturity.

Taking it a step further!
YES O!

GAY PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES!

@OP,

It all about love. Have you not seen that Nigerians are incapable of true love? If there is no gain, then no love. Save your strength.. wickedness will not allow them understand.

Donald Trump!

KanwuliaExtra:
Taking it a step further!
YES O!

GAY PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES!

Finally, some gay visibility. Thank you for acknowledging them. You could've just swept them aside and make this a straight family page but you went out of the norm to put in a non-traditional family setting. You will receive a lot of hate for it but at least thanks for the diversity

Miarose:
@OP,

It all about love. Have you not seen that Nigerians are incapable of true love? If there is no gain, then no love. Save your strength.. wickedness will not allow them understand.

This.

Miarose:
@OP,

It all about love. Have you not seen that Nigerians are incapable of true love? If there is no gain, then no love. Save your strength.. wickedness will not allow them understand.

I don't think this is true though.

Palehair:

Finally, some gay visibility. Thank you for acknowledging them. You could've just swept them aside and make this a straight family page but you went out of the norm to put in a non-traditional family setting. You will receive a lot of hate for it but at least thanks for the diversity

Thank you.
Trust me. I will not receive a lot of hate.
BIGOTS know to stay away from my threads.
Or, dem go hiarrrram!

I will celebrate ALL family types. Still looking for more to celebrate.

Miarose:
@OP,

It all about love. Have you not seen that Nigerians are incapable of true love? If there is no gain, then no love. Save your strength.. wickedness will not allow them understand.

You forget social media and NL has a wider audience than Nigerians or Africans?

The wicked don’t click on my thread o!

I will keep CASTING and BINDING dem ke!