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Hi all,
New to the forum and hoping for some shared experiences and advice really!
I have been in a relationship with a wonderful woman for just shy of 6 months now and she has a little 2yr old girl to another man, and I was just curious to see if there are any others like me out there and any advice on your experiences on dating a single mother and how long it took to meet the child etc, how it went, any do's and don't's and general advice you could give me please? Just I'm wanting to progress the relationship and hope for things to become serious however not sure how to approach it as she says she's not quite ready for me to meet the child just yet.
I think it may be due to me working away at sea and I'm off for a while come April. Thinking it's probably due to me working away and that she doesn't want to introduce me and then I'm out of the country for a few months etc
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Hi There,
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I think that at 2 years okd your partners daughter is quite young, and I guess that your partner wants to be sure that things are good and settled before moving towards you meeting her.
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I do think that at around 6 months should be long enough, but you will need to be guided by your partner on when you meet.
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GTTS
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