Dating a single father
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Dating a single father
| Mon, 10-15-2007 - 2:31pm |
I'm a single mother of a 10 yr old and 6 yr old. I have recently started dating someone who has a 17 yr old son and 13 year old daughter. They're very close and a meeting is emminent.
I've never dated anyone whose kids are older than mine. Plus teenagers can be a difficult crowd. Can anyone offer any advice?

Don't try to be a friend/buddy to the teenagers. Be polite, but not ovely enthusiastic. Show interest in what they have to say, but don't "relate".
Common wisdom is not to meet the children (no matter how old) until the relationship is fairly serious and long term (9 months plus) so why meet now?
No reason to meet the kids if you just started dating IMHO.