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July 8, 2006, 12:27 am PDT
Wait, Wait,Wait
Quote From: fabratAs strange as it sounds I think that's a great idea. I am a single mother of 3 children and I have been divorced for 6 years. I don't date and I don't go out. I take care of my kids and I work. I refuse to put my kids through "bringing men to the house". We are happy this way and my kids are great. However my daughters friend has been feeling the effects of a troubled marriage. She is 13 and her parents told her that they were getting a divorce and it almost destroyed her. She even went as far as to eat glass hoping it would stop the pain. I found myself up in the wee hours of the morning going to pick her up and keep her with me just to get her out of the fighting and argueing. You see, her parents didn't understand what it was doing to her and the strangest part of the whole thing is........one of them was a step parent who she loves with all her heart. Being a step parent doesn't have to be a bad thing but if you aren't cut out for it then don't do it in the first place. I did not date untill my last child was 18 and then I married a man with 4 grown children also and naturally his and mine have tried to cause conflict because they do not get something their way,but we back each other up. We have 10 grandchildren and not a one could tell if they were my natural grandchild or his. This is what you do when you love one another: you also love their child. I believe the way I waited gave my children the confidince they needed and after 4 years of marriage our family is OUR FAMILY!!
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