Your advice is very good! I told both of my kids..if they could promise me that they would never go on a date, stay at home for ever and never have a life of thier own that I would not date. I think at that point they got it!

I am a woman dating a man with two children at home; a 21year old girl and a 15 year old boy. The girl is rude and undermines our relationship (takes down photos of us, talks only to her dad with me right there, etc.) He doesn't see the behavior and fault me for not havng a relationship with them I laughed when I read the suggestion to say "If you want to stay home with me on Friday night I won't go out", because he takes her with him to nightclubs, etc. She has little/no social life and he is fine with being her "date".

Trust me, almost any daughter out there who has a single dad does not want him to have any other woman in his life, and if her staying home and never getting a life will keep him all to herself, she will gladly do it. It may be natural but the guys have to wake up to the fact it is happening and gently put and end to it, not buy into it. She will always be his daughter but she should NOT be his confidant, date, "sweetheart" etc. It is not healthy for either of them and certainly not for any relationships he hopes to have with a woman he is not related to! Yeah, the daughter may be jealous and posessive, but it's the dad's job to help her understand that any woman he dates he will have a completely different, romantic and adult place in his life. I'm not talking about little girls, i'm talking about teens/adults.

Your daughter's family has just broken up and you need to date? Your daughter doesn't get to see you every day like she did all or most of her life and you want to further cut into her time with you by bringing in to the relationship another person to whom you (and she) will be obligated? Focus on her for a while. She'll be off to college in a couple of years, and I'll bet she'll be happier and healthier if you've been able to be really there for her in the meantime. Further, I'll bet you'll be happier and emotionally healthier, too.

Yeah... just tell the kid to grow up.

Most kids don't think that their position in their parent's life is being changed. They're horrified that the dating parent is replacing their other parent. The prospect of getting a step-parent is a scary (and revolting to some kids) idea. My mother passed away when I was fifteen and I would have rather died than see my father with a new partner.

I think it thing hard accept , but in most of the families is more often than we think. And it is different in every case. Also it is healthy to face this condition my advice is to go under the supervission of a professional to receive help and face this situation. Firends and family it is good but they give their opinion according their particuly experiences. To have a happy ends it is the porpuse of everybody but how it depend in what decission you are taking.

I think it thing hard accept , but in most of the families is more often than we think. And it is different in every case. Also it is healthy to face this condition my advice is to go under the supervission of a professional to receive help and face this situation. Firends and family it is good but they give their opinion according their particuly experiences. To have a happy ends it is the porpuse of everybody but how it depend in what decission you are taking.

I am 59, my dauaghter 34...she thinks that online dating is wrong and a danger. I have taken all the necessary steps to be safe. I was married to a man for 1yr that I met online on my church web site and he turned out violent to me. It was well over the 1yr mark when this happened. I have learned much from that relationship as well. My daughter now has removed me from the family unit and will not let me see my grandsons. It has been nearly 2 yrs. I have quit going to the church we were members of and feel a deep spirituality from all faiths now and not just one. I have met some wonderful guys and have made many friends that will remain life long. What do I do? She will not talk to me, see a theropist with me or talk to me. She says she just can't stand to see what I am doing to my life...I am a good woman with great morals and feel very happy with this stage of my life. I don't want marriage, just a boyfriend.

Well I'm just coming fresh out of the gate in the this dating arena, and my God, alot has changed over the years! And my dating challenge is a bit more complexed... My daughter doesn't want me to date, because she doesn't think anyone will know how to take care of me, if something happens. You see, I have multiple sclersis, and was 6 months pregnant after the diagnosis. My marriage was already on the records, so I divorced her father when she was 2... So, I've had MS for the past 15 years, and she's beeen with me every step of the way. But now I'm ready to date, and she is not happy about it. My Ideal Guy, would be a paramedic or a Dr., (or someone in the healthcare industry! smile) that understood my plight with this disease, but saw through that and saw the true beauty inside of me, as well as the fighter in me as well. I am at a "good" stage of my MS, and I take a very risky drug called Tysabri... but its by far the best drug on the market, thus far, and the benefits out way the risks -- just by my pic, can't you tell!! (smile) So, I'm just curious, if anyone has any suggestions about dating someone that has MS, but is truly a fighter! By the way, my daughter is an honor roll student, and is on the journalism team at her school... so I must be doing something Right!! loll