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sodone is offline sodone Post #11  March 19,2010, 6:29am
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You assume that there is an estate to squabble over lol. He gives me a wealth of love, and that's enough.
 
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Well ... the truth is, his daughters are going to get a little less of him than they've been getting, right? There's you, and there's the "new" daughter, who are now important to him too. It doesn't mean he loves his daughters less, but they will get less of his time and energy and emotional focus.

The fact that his daughters are able to express this concern to him, and to you via him (do they know he tells you their secrets?), is a good sign that they will probably be able to work their way through this.

I don't think you can do anything to make them feel like they're not having to share, because they are. But you can be loving and supportive of their experience of this change.

Nice of you ... to be caring about them! That bodes well too.
 
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sodone is offline sodone Post #13  March 22,2010, 2:37am
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Yes, Sassafras, I think you hit it on the head. It's a sharing thing and I guess there's no way around it.

"But you can be loving and supportive of their experience of this change."

I like this piece of advice, thanks
 
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