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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting. I'm a step mother and I feel the girlfriend is trying to force a relationship. I don't know if your daughter "hides" the whole time. ? Is she joining her dad and his girlfriend for dinner, for example?

If I were dad, is talk to your daughter without girlfriend present, and discuss how this is an important relationship to him and how he'd like the three of them to do some things together. Is make it something more than TV though. A play or movie, for example. Dinner out.

I certainly would never force GF and daughter to spend time alone and would never expect it to happen, unless and until GF and daughter build a relationship of their own.

If Dad won't do that, daughter might want to talk to him alone and express her needs as a family member and her concerns. Kids with divorced parents often aren't quick to warm up to their parents' new romantic partners. They know there is a big risk they will leave. The parents should understand that and work with it.

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