My husband and I learned that blending our families was a terrible mistake. Now we live alongside each other.

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The author married her husband and imagined her life as a "Brady Bunch" family.

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After 20 years of building a life in DC, we moved to my hometown in New York. It's been great for my whole family.

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The writer, her partner, and her kids on a boat in New York.
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Jacqueline Mendelsohn

When my boyfriend and I blended our families and traditions, we realized we needed to form new traditions, too

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The family enjoys a pizza
Simple traditions, like pizza night, are important to the author and her blended family (not pictured).

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