i lived with my husband a year before we got married.  He has raised his 16 year old daughter whom he had had sole custody of since she was 3. He was never married to her mom because shortly after she was born he found that she had a terrible drug habit and she chose a alternate life without them.   Although, he had been married once and had several live in girlfriends before me, I have tried to make his home my home.   He is a doting dad to a lazy, spoiled entitled daughter who he always gives in to.