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Yasmin21 is offline Yasmin21 Post #1  September 8,2009, 2:30am
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I've been dating a wonderful man for 3 months and after years of dating losers, I have met the man of my dreams. We have so much in common and there is a strong connection between us that neither of us have felt before. Maybe we are still in the honeymoon period but we both feel that we have found 'the one'.

The only stumbling block for us so far was when he told me he had a son. I knew he was divorced but his being a father threw me a little because I've never dated anyone with a child before. I told him it was a dealbreaker but after a few days of feeling that I had made a huge mistake, we talked openly about it and we moved on.

The child is just a toddler and from what my partner told me his ex wife gave him such hell over access that he can't stand her now. They only communicate to discuss their son and thats it. He says she is no more important to him than a stranger on the street. Recently he has been seeing his son more often but he feels that he is more of a part time father because he has no say in his son's welfare or schooling.

He definitely wants to remarry and have more children but I'm worried about how the ex will take it and how his son will react. He says he is prepared for her to deny him access but he accepted she might do that for some time. My family are concerned because they foresee a lot of problems and they are telling me it will be a disaster.

The problem is that I think I have found my soulmate and the thought of life without him is too horrible. He is a loving, hard working, good and decent man and I would hate to lose him. I am now in my mid thirties and although this is not a situation I would have contemplated when I was younger, I don't want to get back on the dating bandwagon when I have found someone so amazing. At the same time, I can't deal with a pyscho ex wife and a stepchild who hates me because marriage is hard enough. I just don't know what to do.....
 
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jayjay is offline jayjay Post #2  September 8,2009, 2:44am
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Why doesn't he have legal rights to see his son...that his wife can deny him 'access'? Has he done something in the past that caused the courts to deny him any custody at all?
 
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I think you anserwed you own question with the last few lines of your post " I can't deal with a pyscho ex wife and a stepchild who hates me because marriage is hard enough. I just don't know what to do"

I have a feeling this is going to be on your mind no matter what, and will cause problems for you mentally. Sounds like a red flag to me!
 
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Everyone has baggage. The question is if you can deal with the baggage, or if you consider it to be a actual dealbreaker.
 
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I think you anserwed you own question with the last few lines of your post " I can't deal with a pyscho ex wife and a stepchild who hates me because marriage is hard enough. I just don't know what to do"

I have a feeling this is going to be on your mind no matter what, and will cause problems for you mentally. Sounds like a red flag to me!
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I've been dating a wonderful man for 3 months and after years of dating losers, I have met the man of my dreams. We have so much in common and there is a strong connection between us that neither of us have felt before. Maybe we are still in the honeymoon period but we both feel that we have found 'the one'.

The only stumbling block for us so far was when he told me he had a son. I knew he was divorced but his being a father threw me a little because I've never dated anyone with a child before. I told him it was a dealbreaker but after a few days of feeling that I had made a huge mistake, we talked openly about it and we moved on.

The child is just a toddler and from what my partner told me his ex wife gave him such hell over access that he can't stand her now. They only communicate to discuss their son and thats it. He says she is no more important to him than a stranger on the street. Recently he has been seeing his son more often but he feels that he is more of a part time father because he has no say in his son's welfare or schooling.

He definitely wants to remarry and have more children but I'm worried about how the ex will take it and how his son will react. He says he is prepared for her to deny him access but he accepted she might do that for some time. My family are concerned because they foresee a lot of problems and they are telling me it will be a disaster.

The problem is that I think I have found my soulmate and the thought of life without him is too horrible. He is a loving, hard working, good and decent man and I would hate to lose him. I am now in my mid thirties and although this is not a situation I would have contemplated when I was younger, I don't want to get back on the dating bandwagon when I have found someone so amazing. At the same time, I can't deal with a pyscho ex wife and a stepchild who hates me because marriage is hard enough. I just don't know what to do.....

He comes as a package deal. That is his son and you will need to be civil and mature enough to communicate with the wife unless your boyfriend(soulmate) has made the decision to cut all ties with his child. At some point the ex (psycho) also had the same feelings for this man. People can mature with age, like fine wine but maturity and love are strictly a personal affair and need to be learned. If you are not mature enough to accept that he has a son and a woman, that is the mother of his son then yes run, run very fast away as the child (son) is the ultimate victim. He will be the one that has to endure arguments, counselling, etc. because the people in his life that he loves the most are not mature enough to act like civil adults. Ask yourself exactly what do you consider a soulmate to be?
 
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OP, it sounds like you have some serious prejudices that may not be fair or applicable to your particular situation and that those fears and prejudices are being fuelled further by your family and friends.

Perhaps it's time for you to set that aside and take a realistic view at this relationship and what is and isn't true before you just throw it away. As someone else already pointed out, it would be important for you to understand what's really going on with his ex wife and why the courts would deny him access to his child. It's really not that easy to do. By the way, I'm not implying anything ominous here - it may very well be that he is so emotionally and financially drained from the ordeal, that he is simply throwing in the towel.

Ultimately you need to do some personal soul searching and understand thoroughly what you personally want and what you can and cannot live with and deal with.
 
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There is no specific reason why she is so difficult about access except that the marriage broke down and she took it out on him in the only way she knew would hurt him. Whenever he asked to see his son, she would say they were going on holiday or she had already made plans for their son. Having said that though, she has started being more cooperative recently. He is emotionally drained by it though so if she were to be difficult again, he probably would just throw in the towel rather than go through that hell all over again.
 
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There is no specific reason why she is so difficult about access except that the marriage broke down and she took it out on him in the only way she knew would hurt him. Whenever he asked to see his son, she would say they were going on holiday or she had already made plans for their son. Having said that though, she has started being more cooperative recently. He is emotionally drained by it though so if she were to be difficult again, he probably would just throw in the towel rather than go through that hell all over again.
The courts usually assign visitation and custody rights. If the courts have denied him visitation or did not assign specific rights then you should find out why. If he has ben assigned certain times that he get to see his son and his ex-wife denies that time to him then she is in trouble with the court. If he does not stand up for the rights that have been granted then you need to cosider his strength of character and his willingness to fight for what is important to him, it could be you. If he is not willing to stand up and fight for his rights to see his son then what makes you think that he would be a strong father to a child that you and he may have?
 
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I've been dating a wonderful man for 3 months and after years of dating losers, I have met the man of my dreams. We have so much in common and there is a strong connection between us that neither of us have felt before. Maybe we are still in the honeymoon period but we both feel that we have found 'the one'.

The only stumbling block for us so far was when he told me he had a son. I knew he was divorced but his being a father threw me a little because I've never dated anyone with a child before. I told him it was a dealbreaker but after a few days of feeling that I had made a huge mistake, we talked openly about it and we moved on.

The child is just a toddler and from what my partner told me his ex wife gave him such hell over access that he can't stand her now. They only communicate to discuss their son and thats it. He says she is no more important to him than a stranger on the street. Recently he has been seeing his son more often but he feels that he is more of a part time father because he has no say in his son's welfare or schooling.

He definitely wants to remarry and have more children but I'm worried about how the ex will take it and how his son will react. He says he is prepared for her to deny him access but he accepted she might do that for some time. My family are concerned because they foresee a lot of problems and they are telling me it will be a disaster.

The problem is that I think I have found my soulmate and the thought of life without him is too horrible. He is a loving, hard working, good and decent man and I would hate to lose him. I am now in my mid thirties and although this is not a situation I would have contemplated when I was younger, I don't want to get back on the dating bandwagon when I have found someone so amazing. At the same time, I can't deal with a pyscho ex wife and a stepchild who hates me because marriage is hard enough. I just don't know what to do.....
I just see so many problems with you and your situation.

Why does your family think your relationship with this man would be a disaster? Are there cultural problems that you have not mentioned?

Why do you think that his ex-wife is a "psycho" or that his son is going to hate you when you have not met either one of them?

The very fact that you are asking this question and "just don't know what to do ..." indicates that you should leave this relationship. It is very likely that any guy you meet is likely to have an ex-wife and very likely children. I think that you may want to spend a little time with a counselor to get in touch with your own feelings and fears before trying to build a relationship.
 
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Yasmin21 wrote :
I've been dating a wonderful man for 3 months and after years of dating losers, I have met the man of my dreams. We have so much in common and there is a strong connection between us that neither of us have felt before. Maybe we are still in the honeymoon period but we both feel that we have found 'the one'.

The only stumbling block for us so far was when he told me he had a son. I knew he was divorced but his being a father threw me a little because I've never dated anyone with a child before. I told him it was a dealbreaker but after a few days of feeling that I had made a huge mistake, we talked openly about it and we moved on.

The child is just a toddler and from what my partner told me his ex wife gave him such hell over access that he can't stand her now. They only communicate to discuss their son and thats it. He says she is no more important to him than a stranger on the street. Recently he has been seeing his son more often but he feels that he is more of a part time father because he has no say in his son's welfare or schooling.

He definitely wants to remarry and have more children but I'm worried about how the ex will take it and how his son will react. He says he is prepared for her to deny him access but he accepted she might do that for some time. My family are concerned because they foresee a lot of problems and they are telling me it will be a disaster.

The problem is that I think I have found my soulmate and the thought of life without him is too horrible. He is a loving, hard working, good and decent man and I would hate to lose him. I am now in my mid thirties and although this is not a situation I would have contemplated when I was younger, I don't want to get back on the dating bandwagon when I have found someone so amazing. At the same time, I can't deal with a pyscho ex wife and a stepchild who hates me because marriage is hard enough. I just don't know what to do.....

Please allow me to give you some advice from my own experience as a step-father. My ex had children when we met. I also wanted children. I had to make a decision and lots to think about.

My first concerns were for her children, period. We talked about things. Long story short here, our marriage lasted 25 years and the step-sons are very close to me to this day. In fact, they took me out to dinner for my b-day recently.

You need to think about lots of things here, but from where you are inside. Then if you decide his child is equally important as any you may have, then go for it. Put the children first and if you can do that, there are many possibilities.

Just my personal perspective from experience.
 
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