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[quote=Anonymous]I think there’s a lot of great advice in this thread. I also made friends with their family. We are very different, and I bit my tongue a lot. I think it helped my child’s partner feel accepted. Learn their history and traditions. It will mean a lot, for example, if you make partner’s favorite family recipe when they visit for the holidays. Do things that show them you respect that they are a couple and incorporate/recognize things that are important to partner.

I think early on you have to realize that many things will change, and maybe not in ways that would be your first choice. You decide to get on board or get left behind.

Don’t offer unasked for advice. Honor their choices in child rearing and respect their boundaries.

I adored my DC’s prior partner and it was easy! But DC  chose someone else, someone I wouldn’t choose in a million years. It’s difficult to offer that love at first, but it gets easier. Loving the partner is a gift to your DC, both families, and yourself as well.[/quote]

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