Afternoon All
Bit of background...been with my partner for 2 years, live together, dogs together and he has a daughter from a previous relationship. She's 7 and a really sweet, lovely girl and we are quite close. She stays at ours every weekend and only lives a stones throw from our house so sometimes she stays in the week as well.
I have no children of my own and have never been pregnant (so may have a fertility issue but don't know.) Also very undecided if I do indeed want children (I am in my early 30s.)
The reason for this post today is as much as I like my step daughter and care about her I don't love her...even after 2 years. When she returns back to bio mom I can quite happily slip back into my child free life of work and it just being me and my partner and our dogs at home without giving my step daughter much of a thought. When she is over at the weekends it is nice to catch up on her week at school and do all the family stuff but I just don't feel that "love" for her. It might sound awful but I would say I love my dogs more than my step daughter.
Does this make me sound horrible? Is anyone else or has anyone else felt this way?
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LouDogLover · 26/09/2019 15:25
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