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| Topic: What are your rules for... (part one) | |
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Dating as a parent?
( Example: What are the criteria for someone to meet your kids? ) |
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Big one for me: Don't let my child meet the people that I am dating until I am in a serious relationship.
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Same here. And even then, gradually.
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Edited by
Jules0565
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Thu 09/18/08 05:29 AM
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What Winx said.
Though now that my boys are older (22 and 17) ..even if I'm on the phone just talking to someone they automatically claim "he's my bf". lol KIDS! |
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What Winx said. me too |
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Same here. And even then, gradually. Yes, and even then, gradually. |
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Same here. And even then, gradually. Yes, and even then, gradually. 
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What Winx said. Though now that my boys are older (22 and 17) ..even if I'm on the phone just talking to someone they automatically claim "he's my bf". lol KIDS! Im so glad its not just my kids that do that!!! LOL |
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I just wish my kids' mom would follow the same guideline.
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My kids were here the other day andmy son who btw is 22 was walking around singing "Mom and ----- sitting in a tree" made me laugh so hard thought I was gonna piss my pants, damn kids!!1
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Edited by
plk1966
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Thu 09/18/08 06:06 AM
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I just wish my kids' mom would follow the same guideline. When I left my ex husband my kids were 13 & 14. I didn't want to be that type of woman that brought different guys into their lives so I didn't date until they left for college. I wanted to set good moral standards for them at least. |
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what are "my" rules for?????? i think is your question....
to protect me.....and my kids.... or ... it is a convenient way not to fully invest yourself into a relationship |
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most of the people i've dated (if you'd even call it that) have been already existing friends. i'd have absolutely no problem with one of them coming over to the house to say hi to the kids and/or even hanging out for a few hours altogether.
however, if i were dating sporadically, it would only be on evenings and/or weekends when the kids were not with me that i'd be prepared to go out anyway, so meeting them would be irrelevant. i just wouldn't feel right calling a babysitter, on a regular basis, to watch my children while i went out on a date. |
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most of the people i've dated (if you'd even call it that) have been already existing friends. i'd have absolutely no problem with one of them coming over to the house to say hi to the kids and/or even hanging out for a few hours altogether. however, if i were dating sporadically, it would only be on evenings and/or weekends when the kids were not with me that i'd be prepared to go out anyway, so meeting them would be irrelevant. i just wouldn't feel right calling a babysitter, on a regular basis, to watch my children while i went out on a date. Paper, It sounds like you wrote that for me. My experiences are exactly the same |
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most of the people i've dated (if you'd even call it that) have been already existing friends. i'd have absolutely no problem with one of them coming over to the house to say hi to the kids and/or even hanging out for a few hours altogether. however, if i were dating sporadically, it would only be on evenings and/or weekends when the kids were not with me that i'd be prepared to go out anyway, so meeting them would be irrelevant. i just wouldn't feel right calling a babysitter, on a regular basis, to watch my children while i went out on a date. When I divorced my boy's were 7 and 12. To even date someone they had to agree that we could only see each other..every other weekend..if they weren't ok with that, I didn't go out with them. I wouldn't get a babysitter to go out on a "date". When I finally had met someone and we started a relationship.. it took us both 6 months into it before we BOTH decided it was ok to introduce our kids into the relationship. |
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most of the people i've dated (if you'd even call it that) have been already existing friends. i'd have absolutely no problem with one of them coming over to the house to say hi to the kids and/or even hanging out for a few hours altogether. however, if i were dating sporadically, it would only be on evenings and/or weekends when the kids were not with me that i'd be prepared to go out anyway, so meeting them would be irrelevant. i just wouldn't feel right calling a babysitter, on a regular basis, to watch my children while i went out on a date. When I divorced my boy's were 7 and 12. To even date someone they had to agree that we could only see each other..every other weekend..if they weren't ok with that, I didn't go out with them. I wouldn't get a babysitter to go out on a "date". When I finally had met someone and we started a relationship.. it took us both 6 months into it before we BOTH decided it was ok to introduce our kids into the relationship. in a way, i'm thankful for the fact that my boyfriend lives so far away from me. if anything, it's given me the opportunity (based on numerous trips) to ensure that he is a wonderful person and that i would have absolutely no hesitation with introducing him to my kids. |
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most of the people i've dated (if you'd even call it that) have been already existing friends. i'd have absolutely no problem with one of them coming over to the house to say hi to the kids and/or even hanging out for a few hours altogether. however, if i were dating sporadically, it would only be on evenings and/or weekends when the kids were not with me that i'd be prepared to go out anyway, so meeting them would be irrelevant. i just wouldn't feel right calling a babysitter, on a regular basis, to watch my children while i went out on a date. Ya, me too.... I made an 18 year commitment to her, and I'm not going to take that lightly...wish my ex thought the same. |
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Same here. And even then, gradually. Yes, and even then, gradually.  
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I just wish my kids' mom would follow the same guideline. That's a shame that she isn't.
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most of the people i've dated (if you'd even call it that) have been already existing friends. i'd have absolutely no problem with one of them coming over to the house to say hi to the kids and/or even hanging out for a few hours altogether. however, if i were dating sporadically, it would only be on evenings and/or weekends when the kids were not with me that i'd be prepared to go out anyway, so meeting them would be irrelevant. i just wouldn't feel right calling a babysitter, on a regular basis, to watch my children while i went out on a date. I went thru the not feeling right about the babysitter also. It's a tough call....date or be with child. |
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