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She's 28. She's mentioned in my last blog, about a really good day.
 
Today I met her daughter. Her son is seven, who I haven't met yet. I'm sure we'll get on fine, I have a stepdad who was pretty awesome when him and my mum started out. We're all cool, actually, even now, but I think he never tried to be a father to me, or an older brother, or to be cool, he was just himself. I think I can do that, just be me. I mean I never wanted kids, but I figured by the time I'm ready to move in the kids will be more of 'housemate' age rather than kids, so even though I don't want my own kids hers won't cause me a problem. And plus, seven year old boys are fun, they like playstations and transformers! :)
 
This relationship is shooting off at an alarming rate, though. Today was only our second date and I met her daughter. She really cares about me, and I get on well with her daughter. I met her dad too, in passing, on our first date. I like him, he seems a lot my grandfather in many ways, in how he is with the grandchildren.
 
I can't help it, falling for her this quick. Her heart is tender from her huspand of eleven years and I want to kiss it better. Her kids need a man in their life, not a new father, but someone to talk to. She's swept off her feet by me. Her huspand.... well I haven't met him so I can hardly judge!
 
I'm setting myself up for a MASSIVE fall, I know it. She's scared too, of how fast things are moving.
 
But hey, that's what makes life so much fun, sometimes you get your heart torn out and you have to trust a mysterious stranger to nurse it better. Sometimes you've got to let yourself fall, emotionally, for the best feeling in the world when you realise they feel the same and take the risk of that massive fall.
 
She's round her parent's house, tonight, with the kids, I said we should go for a drive after work, so her parents should watch the kids and I'll tell her how shit scared I am.


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  • CayenneMan said on Nov 04, 2009....
     Good luck seer, I think I'm gonna stay the hell out of this one but I'll be reading :o)  .
  • anonymous said on Nov 04, 2009....

    Does she know you're bi-sexual?

  • uniquely-ironic said on Nov 04, 2009....
    well, I can't say that I disagree with your comment about setting yourself for a fall.  But I know that the warm fuzzies of a new relationship are definately compensation for the possibility that you'll make a hard landing.  Try to pace yourself.  Coming from me that's absolutely weird.  Enjoy the newness and I'll keep fingers crossed.
  • gingersoul said on Nov 04, 2009....

    Seer......just be careful......you might be a rebound relationhsip for her...and if yuou fall hard for her it might be bad... 

    It's not that she might (on purpose) be "using" you to get over her husband, like ... in a conscious way...

    I am sure she doesn't see it in that way...she is genuinely attracted by you and wants the relationship to work..but ....by the speedness of all it seems she might not having solved some isssues from the previous one..

    I have been in a rebound relationships after my divorce.....and i was really convinced to open a new chapter because i thought i was over my ex husband...well......it wasn't true and i regret having made a very good guy paid for that...

    I wish not to be that guy...since then...have fun and feel the butterflies in your stomach.........its such a wonderful feeling...;-)

  • starchini said on Nov 04, 2009....
    Im shocked!  I cant hardly believe you would dare see a woman with Children.  I cannot for the life of me remember the movie title but there is a line in it about dating a babies momma...ooooOOOOoo I remember Jerry Maguire.  Something to the extent of *dont fuck around with them unless your serious*...idk...Just dont lead her on.  Its one thing for your heart to be broken but her children's hearts are attached to her heart.  Three hearts compared to your one...Just be careful...
  • gingersoul said on Nov 04, 2009....

    Star.....oh yes....the quote from McGuire:

    "A real man wouldn't shoplift the pootie from a single mom"....:-)

    After i divorced i was kind of worried no man would have wanted to date me because i had a kid.....it turned out they wouldn't care less.....and some of them didn't even have kids on their own...

    My daughter met the guy i was into the longer relationship after 5 months i was dating him ...at that time it seemed it was going good....it didn't...

    So at least my daughter didn't run the risk to get too attached to him....

    Kids should always come first in this kind of matter...:

  • mOOn_platOOn said on Nov 04, 2009....
    O
     
    seer....I know that I've rarely, if ever, tried to give you advice. But do your best to stay away from the kids.
     
    For now.
     
    Honestly, this woman should not be introducing her kids to her 2nd dates. No matter what the circumstances with the ex. Now, I don't know the details so my advice is general, not specific, and may not even apply, but there are lots of good reasons to stay detached from the kids for now.
     
    I have fallen hard (!!!) (more than once in my 5th decade) only to find a crack in the glass slipper a little ways down the yellow brick road. Hormonal magic is wonderful - find a private place to enjoy it for NOW.
     
    Good luck, and so long...
     
    O
  • Hegemone said on Nov 04, 2009....
    Seer, just be careful, for her childrens' hearts, your heart and her own.  Nothing to play lightly with, that's for sure.  So perhaps it'll be good that you tell her how scared shitless you are, and WHY, and express concern for jumping in so fast.  If nothing else, it may put the children in a better place for the whole thing depending on how it goes.  Personally, I'm hoping it goes well for all of you.
  • starchini said on Nov 04, 2009....
    Ah ginger, thats the one!  I love that movie : ) 
  • anonymous said on Nov 04, 2009....
    Im shocked!  I cant hardly believe you would dare see a woman with Children.
  • scipio said on Nov 05, 2009....
    "Sometimes you've got to let yourself fall, emotionally, for the best feeling in the world when you realise they feel the same and take the risk of that massive fall.
     
    Be careful and hope that you don't go into a free fall and injure yourself....
     
  • pusscat said on Nov 05, 2009....
    Holy moly folks.  Nothing like wishing him well is there?!. . . .

    I totally get what everyone is saying about the kids but let's be realistic here.  How many single women with kids are going to meet Prince Charming on their first date then stay with him for the rest of their lives?. . . . Don't kids deserve a bit of credit here?  They're a bit tougher than many think.  They get hurt, it's called life.  It is how we learned about heartache, death and reality for when we became adults.  Many women will date a man and think this may be it only for it to end at some point.  The children will be upset yes, but they must learn these lessons.  If everyone avoided single mums and fathers so as not to hurt the kids then, theoretically, all those mums and dads and their kids are gonna get very lonely aren't they?. . .

    As for anon asking about him being bi.  It actually has no bearing.  I'm heterosexual so does that mean my husband has to constantly worry about me going off with another man?  So, why should she worry about that either.  Your sexuality has no bearing on the current relationship.

    seer - my dear friend.  I hope this goes really well for all of you.  I think she will appreciate your honesty of telling her just how frightening the whole thing can feel.  You may be young but I have known you a while now and you have one of the biggest, honest tender hearts I have ever come across in a young man.  Good luck darling xx

  • destinydiva said on Nov 05, 2009....
    aww seer I am really really happy for you!

    sometimes, love sweeps you off your feet :-) I met my husband in feb, he moved in after a month and we got married in may, sometimes you just know in an instant that it's right.  I'm wishing you all the best xx


  • queenparanoia said on Nov 05, 2009....
    love should be like this... jump off a cliff without knowing if you'll and safely at the bottom... good luck for the both of you! :-)
  • mOOn_platOOn said on Nov 05, 2009....
    O
     
    I'm interested in knowing whether this advice about "tough kids" is coming from a parent (? DOUBTFUL)....and this stuff about "jumping off a cliff" is coming from someone who's never hit the ground (OR BEEN IN A LOVE RELATIONSHIP)....
     
    Yes, good luck seer ... you'll need it if that's what you're counting on instead of some common sense...
     
    PS > the jury is still out on destiny....
     
    O
  • anonymous said on Nov 05, 2009....

    As long as you tell the person you're with that last week some guy was blowing you, then it's a decision adults can make.

    My question was, have you been honest and allowed HER to make an informed decision, or are you making it for her by keeping this information to yourself?

    If you think this doesn't effect children, you're ignorant.

     

     

  • starchini said on Nov 05, 2009....
    P.S.  id like to let you know that the anon that quoted me was indeed not me...
  • pusscat said on Nov 06, 2009....
    Mr mOOn - you seem to forget that I was a child myself.  I don't need to have a child born to me to know how I felt about things, how my sister reacted to things, how my 2 Godchildren reacted to things.  I don't mean you any disrespect as I like you, but it does get my goat that people assume a childless woman knows nothing of children by the time she reached the age of 42.


  • mOOn_platOOn said on Nov 06, 2009....

    O

    I was hoping you wouldn't say "I was a child myself." I have crossed the divide. I know the difference. There is one. It's like trying to describe an orgasm to someone who's never had one. I'm sorry, but that is the truth. Parents?

    You couldn't protect yourself, and so you coped as you had to. You want your kid to have it better. It's instinct. And you start to realize what you can avoid and include to make it so.

    O

  • gingersoul said on Nov 06, 2009....
    mOOnie......i agree with you....being a parent is something that is difficult to understand if you are not ......i am still amazed by this instinct that possesses me...

    I like what you say .. "realizing what you can avoid and include to make it so"
  • pusscat said 13 days ago....
    I do see what you mean mOOn and that's why I like you.  You don't attack, you explain :-)  Thing is, some of the things my dad tried to protect me from were things I was actually annoyed about later.  I SHOULD have been told how ill mum was.  I SHOULD have been told what money issues were going on.  My friend once didn't let her young children go to a funeral of a close family member as she thought it would upset them too much.  It hurt them later when they began to understand and they felt they missed out saying their goodbyes.  There are just some things that children should be allowed to feel and deal with or they could get a huge shock in later life.  Children may not necessarily understand what is happening at the time, it may seem confusing to them, but, as they get older and begin to understand life, they can begin to make sense of the past.  I totally agree with wanting to protect children and, as ginger says, that fierce need to protect must be so strong for a parent but I think we must all be aware that the 'wrapping of children in cotton wool' does not always bode well when we have grown up.  I also like your line that ginger quoted too.  That is what I mean too.  There are some things that children can be subjected to to help them learn about life and its realities.


  • mOOn_platOOn said 13 days ago....

    O

    Two words: "Old Yeller."

    "sob"

    O

  • pusscat said 13 days ago....
    LOL!  You are funny mOOn!  Sad part is you've just reminded me I'm old enough to know who Old yeller is ha ha!!  Another glass of wine needed me thinks ;-)
  • starchini said 12 days ago....
    imo, children are born into a cruel world, its up to the parents to shield them from as much pain as possible.  They will experience more than their fair share of pain that is beyond the parental control.  Im all for preventing as much pain as humanly possible, weaning them into it willingly seems unecessary. 
  • seer said 11 days ago....

    Hey,

    Sorry this post got out of hand before I had time to comment back!

    Right, I've spoken to her about it. Basically, things are moving very rapidly between us, and it scares us both. But we can't help how we feel so we're just going to chance it, basically.

    But with the kids, yes I met them ONCE, and was introduced as "mummy's friend'. Now her kids meet her friends, work colleagues etc, so I think meeting mummy's new friend once a week can't hurt. I'm not staying round when the kids are there or going for family days out and things. I don't want them to get attached to me incase something should happen. But I do want to see them sometimes, as you'd meet a parent's friend, so that if we do decide to make things more serious and involve the kids it won't be one hell of a shock to them.

    I know I can't be a father, I don't have it in me. But I've got a wicked step dad, a really good guy - I'm pretty sure I can do that! I remember when he'd come round and stay, he was not like my mum's previous boyfriends. Her previous boyfriends just assumed I was a normal young boy and expected me to want to play football with them. I hate football. Always have. My stepdad doesn't like football, he didn't make an effort, he likes golf, and he invited my brother and I to driving ranges with him. Thinking long term, if it comes to it I can be a step dad, and I know I'd be happy doing that.

  • Misty_Eyed said 10 days ago....
    all I have to say is enjoy each other's company. 
    and anonymous of 4 days ago, you mean affect rather than effect.

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