myotherself
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Joined: 3/9/2006 From: The cold bit of the UK Status: offline
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When I first met Master he was a widower with an 8 year old son. We dated for about a year without his son knowing about us. Then he started to drop my name into conversation, and over several months his son realised dad was dating. We finally met about 2 years into our relationship. That gave Master and me a chance to decide if we were long-term, and for both of us to get our heads around having his son as part of our future life together. I've never had children, but I do work with them and I think kids of his son's age are about my favourite age-group. Master needed to know that I was the kind of person who would willingly take on co-parenting of his child, and do it in a positive way. I needed to make sure that I was up to the task. Once we realised this was possible, we started introducing his son into our 'together' time. Now we're planning on moving in together, and his son (now 11) is very much part of the process of finding a new home. We're all very excited about being a family. The point I wanted to make is that it takes time to help a child realise that it is part of a new, loving relationship. In our case it took a couple of years and lots of little steps to make it happen. Because we took it slowly, Master's son found it a lot easier to get used to the idea of a new parent figure. I've told him I could never replace his wonderful mother but I hope I can be someone he can come to for help, support and a hug if he needs it.
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