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How do I accept that my girlfriend had a child with a man twice her age

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Question - (22 June 2009) 2 Answers - (Newest, 22 June 2009)
A male United States age 51-59, anonymous writes:

How do I accept that my girlfriend had a child with a man twice her age, a senior citizen and now the judge has given a very equal custody - entailing weekly visitation and weekend rights, severly disrupting our ability to have continuity in our relationship and build one with the boy? He is reitred and has nothing else to do but be in our face for his time allotment.

To boot, she has a job she loves, that is 1-2 hours from home, so she leaves early and gets home late m-f.

Am I fooling myself? Should I just move on? Or is there a logical way for me to accept this.

We both love each other very much but I feeel I am not a priority - first her son, second not upsetting the father, third her job and then me.

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A female reader, kellyxxx United Kingdom +, writes (22 June 2009):

kellyxxx agony auntPeople deal with this everyday, step up and accept that she has responsibilty to her child! The child has a different father, so do a lot of children in the world! And her job was around before you! If you can't accept that she has other responsibilities then you should find someone else to tend to your selfishness!

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A female reader, thatgothgirl20 United States +, writes (22 June 2009):

thatgothgirl20 agony auntI think that you should move on. You need someone who has more time for you and more time to work on this relationship. Sounds like she has a very stressful schedule and that even though she loves you, possibly sometimes you are just another person that she has to worry about, as in I gotta do this then I gotta do that then I gotta....

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