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How can a man or woman say to their partner it’s me or your kids ?

Answered 4 years ago

My kids can be little shits I would never choose a man over them. I made mistake by being their friend cause I felt guilty leaving their dad when they were 5,7,8 and had my new partner move in after knowing him for 6 months.
His lease was up and I have 6 bedroom house and thought it would be better if he paid me some money not landlord.
My house is protected. I am a property lawyer.


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4 years ago
I have no reason to choose

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4 years ago
Blended families are putting your kids last, it's basically telling your kids you don't want them anymore in some cases.
My ex hasn't seen his kids since the new wife had a baby. I've moved several hours away with his two children a couple of months ago and he hasn't realised yet. I'm trying to decide if I should just stay here permanently.

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4 years ago
It sounds like your kids got a bad deal, but it’s not always like that. My dad was custodial parent and he married a great woman to be our step mum. Sometimes I think he married her partly because she was going to be such a good mum to us. I was definitely better off as a teenage girl with her in my life than I’d it had been just him.

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4 years ago
I’ve had the same experience with my ex, except it’s not new wife and new baby - it’s new girlfriend meant his new baby wasn’t even priority enough to see once a month. Now I realise it’s for the best. Having a child grow up in an environment where they are competing for love isn’t a good environment. Although I found blended family growing up to be great. I had 2 dads who both loved me and who both were great role models. So not all blended families are bad, a shit father will be a shit father with or without a partner.

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4 years ago
I'm sorry I don't get this post. It's all over the place. I feel there are 2 or 3 different points

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4 years ago
Would you give up your kids for your new partner?

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4 years ago
I'd give them up for you lover 👌👈

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4 years ago
Well now. That's the spirit ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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4 years ago
I'm in a relationship where we both have kids from previous relationships. No kids together. I agree kids come first but not every time. But yes, the majority of the time. If they are loved, protected, their health and wellbeing is covered then that's as it should be whether you're a single parent, still with their parent or with a person who isn't their parent.
Kids can't and shouldn't grow up thinking they will always be put first in every single situation. I could list many situations where this is true but I would think it's pretty obvious to many of us on here.

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4 years ago
Some women give their kids to ex or some women want their partners kids out of the picture

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4 years ago
Putting kids through a blended family is not putting them first, but as you said you can't always put them first. You can't just stop living life until your kids move out.

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4 years ago
My kids get so much benefit being in a blended family. Extra brothers and sisters. A happy mum. Happy parents. Time with their other bio parent. Lots of love. I’m sorry you’re so negative

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4 years ago
I'm not saying blended families are wrong, I have one myself, but it's not putting the kids first. But as you said you can't and shouldn't always put your kids first.

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4 years ago
^^ This 👍👍

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4 years ago
Some spouses hate their step kids and some step kids hate their step parents

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4 years ago
So? You don't have to be step anything to feel like that

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4 years ago
I had to sit my kid and partner down about 6 months ago and tell them that they needed to cut their shit. They did nothing but argue for about 3 weeks straight and I constantly had her telling me she wanted to leave and him basically implying that she was lucky he loved me and I lost it at them. I told him I will pick her over him every time, but I will not put up with her being a disrespectful little shit either and they needed to cut the shit and sort themselves or she could go live with her dad and he could find somewhere else to live as well and me and the youngest were going on a holiday to de-stress from putting up with them and weren't coming back. Worked a treat. I dont think they will ever be best friends, but they at least get along now lol.

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4 years ago
I'm in an unfortunate position of choosing kids or partner, so is my partner though he doesn't know it yet.
My husband and I have two children each to previous relationships, his daughter suffers from severe anxiety. She is a lovely girl but struggles with every day life and often has melt downs. I do my best to limit how this effects my children, but it does bother them. My husband's ex wife remarried and her husband had to move interstate, she couldn't go as her daughter wouldn't cope with a move. But with the corona virus she hasn't seen her husband in a while and is planning to move to be with him for a while when she can. This means my husband will be having his daughter live with him full time, but if this happens my kids will probably go and live with their dad. So we will both be making that decision soon.

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4 years ago
Anxiety ? She is a manipulative little shit
Don’t fall for her fake anxiety

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4 years ago
She does have anxiety, but there is a degree of manipulation too. But I can't control how her dad deals with it. But I can make sure my kids don't play second fiddle to her all the time.

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4 years ago
Lots of people choose partners over their kids.

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4 years ago
You can't and you don't. I left my ex partner of 11 years because of his kids. I didn't want to leave but nothing was going to change and he wasn't prepared to put in the work to make changes so I left. You cannot expect a parent to put you first above their kids but you also don't have to stick around and come second all the time. I would ask him to leave if this is causing friction, explain that neither yourself or your kids were ready for this and you think he should find somewhere to live at this time.