I just wanted some thoughts really.
I've recently come out of a ten year relationship after being married for a year. I have two daughters and a very controlling ex husband. After my husband and I split I met up with an old boyfriend of mine from college and we really hit it off from day one, he has been so open and honest with me and told me that he has held a flame for me for the past ten years. He is a roadie so works away on tour sometimes for months at a time but we love spending every moment we can together and we really connect and have a lot in common, he gets on great with my children and has contributed towards buying them Christmas presents. The issue is my family really don't like him, particularly my mum who has had a rough time with relationships herself and it's making it very difficult to make my own decisions about him due to outside pressure for me to leave him.
I was hoping for some advice how to manage the situation and people's thoughts on him buying my girls Christmas gifts and me my mum also thinks this is an issue