I have been with dp for just over a year and living with him for 6 months. Half the week his dd 3 lives with us. I get on great with sd and love her to bits. However before living with dp i had lived very independetly, alone in own (very tidy) house, i find it challenging enough to live with dp and even more challengind and exhausting with a small child.
Most of the time things are great and I look forward to having own child with dp in the future and want dsd to be a part of that.
however as much as I love them both there are times when I feel I have taken on too much in every sense, house work, having to plan around a child's shedule, looking after a child, financial conributions etc and if I am honest there are times I find it difficult to be with a man who I know I will always be second to and can be a little jealous of their bond(although i never show/discuss with dp.) I hope that the longer we live together as a fmily unit the more we will grow and develop as a fmaily and i will be more used to things. However I some times worry that it will only get worse and if i do have my own child will resent dsd.
I am probably blowing it out of proportion but I would love to hear any of your experiences and to know if things got better or worse and if this is normal for quite early on.
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sunshineisout · 13/02/2009 12:09
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