Evening Lovely Ladies (and Gents!)
Please can I have your thoughts?
I have been on my own since ds, now 6 years old, was 2 months old, due to ex's inability to be faithful. I have not dated anyone since then. My entire life has been (and of course still is and will remain) my ds.
I have met someone . He was a friend, so my ds met him, and then it developed...
I'm 37, he's 51 and separated but not divorced. No children. Loves my ds (6) who loves him back. He lives a little way away, so we get a couple of days every few weeks as a family. Ds is better behaved when we're together and I feel supported and cared for by someone other than friends and family.
But my parents are barely talking to me. The fact that my man (can't really call him a bf at our age!) is not divorced yet apparently makes me no better than my ex (who was unfaithful whilst I was pregnant). Apparently I'm making my Mum ill. Dad isn't sleeping etc etc.
I am close to my parents and we live about 5 mins apart. Of course I have relied on them for 6 years and they have supported us without question.
Everyone else is happy for me and can't see an issue (even a friend who is a church leader) - it's 2014 afteral, and they have been separated for a year or more.
The GP has doubled my anti-depressant dose as I was in such a state at the last appointment and my stomach is in knots over my parents all the time. Am I being unreasonable for pursuing this relationship that makes me happy, feel supported and completes my little family? Should I be concerned that my parents are so vehemently against it (of course there are other reasons that I wouldn't want to bore you with but the lack of divorce seems to be the main one!).
Arg...sorry...
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Unreasonable to want this relationship?
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WheresMyWaistGone · 02/04/2014 23:02
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