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What do you do when your wife/husband HATES your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 8799" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A non-bio partner has no vested interest in your child. Some partners will take on the child emotionally as an extension of their new love; others see the child as an intrusion.</p><p></p><p>Or you could be misreading the situation. If your wife has actually said to you, "I find it very hard to love your child," then value the honesty. it can't have been an easy thing to say.</p><p></p><p>You need to sit and talk about it, for the sake of your relationship. You need some ground rules, both of you. How involved does she need to be with your child? How involved do you want her to be? How involved does she want to be? Does she want to get to know your child, or does she want to keep her emotional distance?</p><p></p><p>On what basis is her relationship to be with the child? What were your expectations? Hopes? Can you let go of them? Ask her - do you need to let go of them?</p><p></p><p>The parenting responsibility has to fall primarily on you.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 8799, member: 1991"] A non-bio partner has no vested interest in your child. Some partners will take on the child emotionally as an extension of their new love; others see the child as an intrusion. Or you could be misreading the situation. If your wife has actually said to you, "I find it very hard to love your child," then value the honesty. it can't have been an easy thing to say. You need to sit and talk about it, for the sake of your relationship. You need some ground rules, both of you. How involved does she need to be with your child? How involved do you want her to be? How involved does she want to be? Does she want to get to know your child, or does she want to keep her emotional distance? On what basis is her relationship to be with the child? What were your expectations? Hopes? Can you let go of them? Ask her - do you need to let go of them? The parenting responsibility has to fall primarily on you. Marg [/QUOTE]
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