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Hope I Did The Right Thing
She had broken up with me in the last two months three times. we exchanged the "I love you." Boy was that hard. I finally trusted her.
She is spectacular with my two little girls 5 and 8. The girls have only seen us as "friends". this past weekend she broke up AGAIN saying.... what if we get married and in five years it doesn't work out. Then the girls loose a step mom and a mom. I told her I thought she was sayyyyy to far ahead. Needlles to say. She came over for two hours and spent it with the girls. Next week end is my little one's B'day and the week after we are going to Myrtle Beach.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't hurt. The last one was I feel more relaxed when we not dating.
Both the girls expressed to me that they were hoping she would be thier step-mom.
I feel I have to protect the girls and even though I had said I would never get in the way of a possitive relationship they may have...... I asked her not to come around since the had theses hopes. I also told here the my girls and I are a Package.
Tags: chilren, dating, relationships
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Permalink Reply by Jackie (lvgma) on -
You did the right thing- and yes you are a package deal..when I met Danny my kids were grown, but there were 8 grandkids that were young, so I was a package deal too, and he loved the package!!
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Permalink Reply by Lisa (lost) Lamb on
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Your right when it comes to your family. If she doesn't want the whole package then it would be more hurtful to let her and your daughters continue to get closer. My first husband was mentally abusive and we had 3 children. I divorced him and when I remarried my husband understood he had to love us all, and that was a tall order when I had 3 teenagers and he never had children of his own. But he loved my kids and was in heaven when we had our 8 granddaughters, are ninth came just 2 months after he passed away. I'm 47 and if I ever do want to meet someone again they would still have to take the whole package, for me family is everything. You take good care of yours.
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Permalink Reply by Donna on -
My 16 yo insightful daughter said these words of wisdom to me today-------as long as you aren't hurting anyone, don't regret anything that you enjoyed ! All part of this process I think...........peace.
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Permalink Reply by Janine (txmomx6) on -
You definitely did the right thing. You can't be with someone just because they're good with your children. You especially can't marry someone to give them a step-mom. The relationship would never work and the kids would be devastated. If you're more relaxed when not dating her, I'd say stop dating her.
Spend the time you would've spent with her with your children. They are your #1 priority and they need you more than they need a step-mother right now. When you meet the right woman .... you'll know. You won't have these kinds of doubts and she won't break up with you every few months. It will work naturally. At this point you're working to make it work .... which means it's not natural and it's not really the kind of love you want for a marriage.
I think you're wiser than you know and your decision to tell her to stop seeing the children is excellent. Stay strong and follow what your head, heart and gut tell you.
You'll know when it's right.
:)
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