Episode 712: Reclaiming Life, Redefining Stepparent

Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties

Sierra DeMulder and Sam Blackwell

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Break Up, the podcast about love, heartbreak, and all the relationship advice you don't want to hear.
0:07.5	My name is Sierra DeMolder.
0:09.5	And I'm Sam Blackwell.
0:10.7	And today we're going to answer a letter from somebody whose husband wants her to be a more involved stepmom.
0:16.8	But before we begin, we just want to give you our Surgeon General's warning, which is that Sierra and I are not licensed mental health practitioners, nor are we step-parents.
0:24.3	No.
0:25.0	No, not yet.
0:27.1	We'll see what happens.
0:28.2	Yeah, totally.
0:29.8	Technically, Peter is-
0:30.5	Can you imagine me as a step-parent?
0:32.5	I deeply can because I have seen many movies in the 90s with those hot and cold, like literally, like emotionally cold, but icy exterior.
0:42.8	Like I'm thinking about the parent trap.
0:44.6	Like you are that.
0:45.1	That's exactly what I was thinking of.
0:46.2	I am that woman.
0:47.0	You just have such a strong 90s woman vibe.
0:51.6	Like I've always said that like you are like Julia Roberts to me.
0:54.4	Do you know what I mean?
0:55.2	Oh, thank you.
0:56.3	Yeah.
0:56.5	Because we both have rounded teeth.
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