Man flips out after girlfriend refuses to share her bed with his 6-year-old son while his ex is giving birth: 'We had a deal and it feels weird'

Blended families are a fact of modern life, but they can sometimes be more complicated to navigate than more traditional dynamics. Sharing kids with an ex and figuring out who is going to do what and when is a notoriously difficult enterprise for many separated parents. Even when the custody battle is sorted, there are plenty of issues that can crop up and make things harder than you want them to be.

Adding new partners into the mix can sometimes be a factor in this. It is yet another person whose feelings and needs must be taken into account, and while kids should come first, this also has to be within the boundaries of what is best for everyone. It is a balancing act that can easily become the grounds for a disagreement if it isn't done right, and it's often inevitable that this will happen between partners at some point.

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One woman found herself struggling with this issue after her boyfriend was asked by his ex to take his younger child at the last minute as she had gone into labor. The couple lived in a small one bedroom apartment, and as a result, they had agreed that in these circumstances his kids would sleep with him in a mobile home when they were visiting.
However, her boyfriend tried to insist that she share a bed with his son. She refused, causing an outburst from him and a lot of difficult behavior as his son was staying. She wasn't sure if she was in the wrong.
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