I would like to caveat this thread with the starting point that I am a single mother to two children - I completely understand how hard it is and how isolating & lonely it can be.
However, I have been shocked by the actions of two friends recently - one is a mother of a child in my son’s year (aged 7) - she told me she was in a DV relationship, the father left in January for another woman and she has moved another guy into the home (she has three kids under 10) and they are acting like one big happy family. I don’t know him at all and he could be an amazing guy, it just seems very soon after the birth father leaving in January?!
The other is a close friend of mine - she has two children. Met a guy on tinder in April - I went to her house yesterday and there is a photo on the wall of her, the new guy and her two children?! And they’ve been together 4 months?!
This honestly blows my mind - I’m single but I can’t imagine letting a new partner meet my kids after a few months? What if it doesn’t workout?
AIBU or this is normal?