“If only we had never moved in together”
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Have you bumped into that nice match, your children unexpectedly don’t get along with each other. Unfortunately, all the deliberation in the world can’t even prevent it.
Chin (38), mother of Kim (7):
“We had thought about it endlessly and had been sure of our love for almost a year. Only then did we inform our children, three in all. It was then three years after my divorce.
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Arguing every day
The children seemed to like each other very much. But from the first day in our very expensively renovated farmhouse, less than twenty minutes from our old houses, they fought each other out of the tent completely unexpectedly. My daughter took it badly, life with two feisty teenage boys, and I had underestimated it too. I had nothing to say because I was not their mother, my ex suddenly refused to bring my daughter home because: too far away.
“Every day is dominated by quarrels – now also between my boyfriend and me”
We’ve been living together for two years now. Every day is dominated by quarrels – now also between my boyfriend and me. I wish we had never moved in together, what a disappointment. Fortunately, his eldest is almost eighteen and will soon be leaving home, which will probably change the dynamics in the house. His youngest is only fourteen and still at home for at least four years.”
This article was previously published in Kek Mama.
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