I have been with SO for 1 year. Have built great relationship with 8yr SD for last 7 months, but can't shake the feeling of being an outsider and being (wrongly) envious that he has already experienced the joys of having a child and I haven't. On top of that, we struggle to spend good quality time just us two as when he doesn't have SD he works shifts. We barely have a weekend day/night completely to ourselves. I love him, but struggling. Is this normal? I feel we get rubbish time just us two, and when we are with SD I feel like I don't quite belong. We want children together, but I worry i will resent he's already been through the exciting experience and it won't be as special for him
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