I have been with my bf for about a year now and i interact with his two daughters, aged 9 and 5, like a step parent would (i assume). In a nutshell, life is like this: My bf has two worlds. One is of him with his kids. The other is of him with me. The world with his kids is bigger and more important than the world with me and i fear that the two worlds will never be intertwined the way that i'd hoped they would be. When his kids are around, it's like i'm a third wheel that doesn't really matter and he says it's "because they are kids and they demand all of the attention." I know that i am the adult and i should just deal with it, but i don't know how. I want this relationship to work out. Any insight, from people who have been in this kind of a position or step-parents who are never number one, is much appreciated. How do you deal with never being number one? What makes it okay for you?
2007-09-05
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