The saying “brother from another mother” is fairly familiar. Well yes, that really happens.
In my case, it turned into a weird but good situation. Most people who aren’t really close to me don’t realize I have a brother. Matt is 12 years older than me. Being 29, we have never had one argument, because we don’t have a reason to clash.
The whole brother from another mother part is where it gets confusing. My Dad, Hodie, was married to Kelle before my mom. Matt is my dads kid, legally, but not by blood. My brother has never known, and doesn’t want to know the man that can claim his fatherhood because of blood and genes. He left when Matt was 5, and hasn’t looked back since. When Matt’s father left Kelle, she found my dad soon after. My father is the only dad that my brother has known, so naturally he adopted him. Well Kelle and my did not end up working for long.
After their divorce, Kelle chose to keep the last name “Langston” for the time being, to not make things more complicated for Matt. When the marriage ended, the father son bond did not. Two years later, my dad and mom started dating, and a year later they were married. After trying for two years after that, my mom found out she could could not have children, her favorite thing on the earth.
On Thanksgiving day of that year I was born, “a miracle”. My mom wanted to make it an easy situation for my brother to be with his dad and his mom and continue both relationships with both of them. Kelle and her met many times, and strangely liked each others company. It is not the norm, for the ex wife to become friends with the current wife, but in this case it happened and worked out perfectly.
Matt came and went from house to house without any drama. Kelle comes on every family vacation with us and still remains as a big member of our Langston Family trips. My relatives treat her like their sister and I treat her like an aunt. She has become my moms best friend and has chosen to keep the last name Langston. Lets make things even more complicated.
Kelle and my dad went to the same high school, so they have all the same bestfriends. My dads best friend is Dodson, who is very close to Kelle as well. Kelle is now engaged to marry Dodson at our next family trip where my brother will be walking her down the aisle.
My Dad, Mom and I will be on the front row as one of their biggest supporters and close friends and relatives. Matt’s my best friend, and going through the good and the bad with someone like him makes it way better.