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8 year old hates me and my new life, boyfriend etc
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 111041"><p>I'm going to have to respectfully disagree, BBK. I can see a child suddenly seeing their mother happy and being resentful that mom wasn't this happy with daddy. And I understand that that needs to be handled delicately. However, I see it all the time. Parents divorce and find new love interests. In almost all of the cases I've seen (just in life), it's been ok for dad to have a new love interest, but not for mom. Of course, that seems to be more prominent with sons than with daughters, too.</p><p></p><p>In my case, it had been years. I didn't date for long periods of time. Years. It wasn't like there was always someone new around. I can't remember how the conversation came about, but recently it came up with easy child when he had a friend over and I asked him if he would be ok if I started dating someone (this was PURELY hypothetical cause I'm not at all interested in dating). His response was, "If I like the guy." And he was very guarded and obviously uncomfortable. Yet, he has no trouble having a step-mom. He's 16 years old. And trust me, if it was someone I was interested in as more than just a friend, he wouldn't like him. been there done that.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that a parent should just go out and bring every date home. But, she didn't do that. She's also not shoving new boyfriend down their throats. </p><p></p><p>I think what's more likely is we are parents of difficult child's on this board. We are more likely to see these kinds of behaviors than parents of easy child's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 111041"] I'm going to have to respectfully disagree, BBK. I can see a child suddenly seeing their mother happy and being resentful that mom wasn't this happy with daddy. And I understand that that needs to be handled delicately. However, I see it all the time. Parents divorce and find new love interests. In almost all of the cases I've seen (just in life), it's been ok for dad to have a new love interest, but not for mom. Of course, that seems to be more prominent with sons than with daughters, too. In my case, it had been years. I didn't date for long periods of time. Years. It wasn't like there was always someone new around. I can't remember how the conversation came about, but recently it came up with easy child when he had a friend over and I asked him if he would be ok if I started dating someone (this was PURELY hypothetical cause I'm not at all interested in dating). His response was, "If I like the guy." And he was very guarded and obviously uncomfortable. Yet, he has no trouble having a step-mom. He's 16 years old. And trust me, if it was someone I was interested in as more than just a friend, he wouldn't like him. been there done that. I'm not saying that a parent should just go out and bring every date home. But, she didn't do that. She's also not shoving new boyfriend down their throats. I think what's more likely is we are parents of difficult child's on this board. We are more likely to see these kinds of behaviors than parents of easy child's. [/QUOTE]
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