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issues with new blended family and relationship

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I am 42 and moved in with my boyfriend about 1 year ago. I have 2 children 3 and 7 and he has a 10 year old daughter. I have my children about every other weekend and through the week and he has his daughter on odd weekends and once a week. We have dated for about 2 years. Things were great before we moved in to his 3 bedroom house. Two of the kids share a room. I moved 2 hours from my home and relocated my children. Now that we are here, he feels my 3 year old daughter is too demanding. We argue and fight because he gets upset when my 3 year old cries or doesn't go to sleep right away. He also gets upset when I have my kids more than the agreed upon court settlement between my ex-husband and myself. I love our weekends for just the 2 of us but I also can't turn my own children away. The plan was we would buy a larger house together so all of the kids could have their own room but now that we are here that is off the table. I feel like my children and I should move out and get our own house. Yet, I feel like it will be so hard on my kids. THings are so good when my boyfriend has his way or my kids are at their dads. I feel like I was happier before I moved in and didn't have to deal with all this drama. When we talk about it and I ask him he says he doesn't want us to move out and he built his daughter her own room downstairs. But Now i feel like I have 3 kids instead of 2.