panienka wrote:
Firestorm i wish you luck but you should be careful. I lost my father when i was 12... i was three years older than her daughter but i think here situation might be similar. I mean, i have had very negative attitude to every man who my mother met. She have found "new friend" too fast for me, i didn't notice when she began flirt with him. I was feeling terrible, because i simply couldn't accept him, in my mind i had only me and my mother, nobody else. I have made many shaming and painful things which i shouldn't do. It lasted pretty long time... Now i know it's her life and i don't mind what she is doing, although i know about their love letters etc, what still makes me a bit sick. I hope your situation will be different and both girls will accept you, but remember about it.
yeah very well said, my father didn't pass away but him and my mother split up, at first i was very weary of 'new friends' or 'replacement dad/mum' HOwever with age comes maturety, so you eventually realise that your mother and father are not replacable, whetehr or not your mum and dad have a new partner or even if you loose either parent during your life, they are your 'mum & dad' nothing will ever change that.
As for your situation firestorm, i would let your lady friend make all the decisions about introductions, meetings etc etc, i think it could be handled really well if time is taken and a lot of thought given to the childs point of view. I think you will be find and even if the relationship with the ladies child dosen't start of well she will need time to get used to you and in the future it will improve.
I wish you all the best with your new 'lady friend'
cheers
T