I been married for 2 years and with in the fist year I nearly got divorced we where making plans, this is do to not getting our blended family blend, the kids where making it very hard and we just couldn't come together as parents raising 4 kids tighter. we ended up getting help and pulled our self together and saved our marriage the kids stated getting along learned to adjust to each other and things changed all but one his 9 year old daughter she was 8 when we got together, she made no fuss when we dated or when I moved in with my kids.