Hi there
After six months of living with my husbands four step children, 2 adult and 2 teenage, I don't think I can live with them any more. We have our own two children together, aged 19 months and 4 weeks old, but it's all too much. It doesn't help that we are crammed into a small house (2 bed house)!and finding a bigger property is just not happening. The older two 18 and 20 want to move out, but no private land lord will take them because they study and work as an apprentice. Their wages and ages are the main problem.
We ended up with my husbands kids because the mother could no longer look after them. I feel like I am living a nightmare and don't know how to get out of it. I love my husband so much, but living in these conditions and with his children is affecting the smaller ones and me. I'm stressed and my milk is beginning to dry up. If I leave it doesn't help my husband or me, but it will give me space and our small children space to play etc. I'm at a loss to know what to do. Can a marriage work if we live in two seperate houses? What will it do to the relationship I've been trying to build with his kids over the last 12 months? Am I running away from something when I should be staying? I don't know how much more I can take. His kids are not bad kids, they are just selfish and don't respect my husband. They argue with each other and my husband. It's just not an environment I want to be in or my children to grow up in.
Any advice? Should I move out?
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I love him, but can't live with his kids
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rebeccahawkins2014 · 16/02/2016 00:45
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