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[quote=Anonymous]My parents divorced when I was young and I've posted in prior threads about effects of divorce on kids.

I have no idea what you should or could have done with respect to your marriage so won't presume to comment on that.

Regarding the dating part, though, you should do what you like on your own time, but not further destabilize or complicate the kid's life.

As a young kid, I found it immensely confusing and unsettling to be introduced to my parents' significant others (not that there were many).  It added more uncertainty (is this person going to move in with us?  how should I act around this person?  do they want to be my new mom/dad? can they tell me what to do? are we going to have to move?) to a situation that was already confusing and unstable.  Then, when the significant other invariably disappeared and was replaced, this raised a whole host of other issues.

In short, I would have been MUCH happier and better off if my parents had dated "for fun" on their own time and left the kids out of it.

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