First relationship since marriage split

[projectpoppy]

Hi All,
Need some advice - not sure how easy it's going to be to explain what I mean though! Split with husband over a year ago and have been in new relationship for 4 months (but have not introduced DD to him).

Had an argument with new bloke last night. Nothing that major but it's made me question my feelings for him. We've been really happy up til now but when I started thinking about ending it with him it occurred to me that "he's only a bloke" and the love I have for him is nowhere near what I have for my daughter.
Does that mean I don't love him? Or just that I've realised that love for a child is more powerful than anything I'll ever experience with a man?
Advice welcomed!

It means that you have only been in a relationship with him for four months and that you are still recovering from your divorce. He is "only a bloke" and, I think, given the time that you have known him and the time since you split up from your husband, it is quite odd to be talking about love and getting very serious about someone new. I would say that regardless of whether you had children or not.

it means you're normal. no bloke means more to you than your child if you are a halfway decent mother.