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AITA for wanting to end my engagement because her kids don't accept me and I want a family of my own?
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For one man, this was the worry when he began considering that he might need to end his relationship with his fiancée. His reasoning was that even after several years of them being together and living together, her kids were not willing to accept him as a part of their lives.
With all avenues of improvement exhausted, the man felt it was better to cut his losses than risk bringing more children into an unhappy family after they married. His fiancée and many of her other family members wanted him to reconsider, so he looked for a second opinion.
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Commenters agreed that the situation needed to end.
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13 and 14-year-old siblings refuse to accept mom's 34-year-old fiancé, he considers ending the relationship: 'They are very firm in not wanting me to be their dad'
Dating people with kids is often more of a challenge than dating those without, because yours are not the only opinions that matter. The fact is that for a blended family to work, everybody has to be accepting of the new dynamic. Most children are not going to immediately warm to a parent dating somebody new, especially if their other parent has passed. It is not an easy sell, even if the relationship is otherwise perfect.
The harsh reality is that if you are dating someone with children who don't like you, that is probably going to be a dealbreaker for a relationship. It can be remarkably hard to get kids to change their minds with this kind of thing unless there is some kind of intervention that works a miracle.
While it is often what the adults in these situations are hoping for, they are rare, and more often than not, agreeing to a higher level of commitment with a partner without the blessing of the children just creates more problems.
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