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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. I am just reaching the point where I find it ridiculous how my kids get treated by his kids. They either will vanish to their rooms, refuse to engage or just ignore my kids if we are out for an activity. My kids notice but don't say much as they know the "visit" will be short lived and everyone will go back to their respective lives. [/quote] I don't think you can force them to like your kids. They don't have to like them, that's the bottom line. You say you have been really careful not to "blend", but is that true when you're taking them out for activities together and being unhappy that they're not interacting? I think you say you aren't forcing them to blend, but they are well aware that you'd like it to happen, and they're not willing to do it. So you should drop the rope. People don't have to like your kids. [/quote] True. I don't expect them to like my kids or be happy about the situation but isn't it a bit over the top to react this way to the twice a year we do stuff together?[/quote] Why do you want to do stuff together? Really, ask yourself that. What about this is important to you? You say you've "made a concerted effort not to blend", but that seems to be untrue. It seems like you're willing to remain in separate residences while they are in high school, but you are laying the groundwork to move in together permanently, and you do want the children to spend time together and get along, because you're planning for a future in which you *are* much more blended. And I suspect they can smell this on you, and they don't like it.[/quote]
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