Bumps In The Road To Expect As A New Stepparent

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Family friends can be complicated

Your partner had family friends with their previous partner. These may have been other couples with whom they shared carpool duties, hosted playdates for the children, went on family vacations, split an afterschool tutor with – you name it. They were part of a larger nucleus. Those family friends may have been specifically okay with the previous arrangement (read: spouse). That’s what they agreed to – family vacations with your spouse and their previous spouse. Not you. There can be some shifting of friend groups that may be hard on both your spouse, and their children, as the kids were used to a certain amount of time with those family friends’ kids, too. The kids may blame you for this.

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