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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a newly divorced mom who fully expects my ex to remarry at some point, one of my biggest fears is that the new family will supplant the existing kids. Especially if he has kids with the new wife. He's with that child all the time, and with his original kids only part of the time. It's hard to not feel like they'd be replaced in his affections.

I would urge you to do whatever you can to foster his ongoing relationship with his kids from his first marriage. [/quote]

I'm a PP who was childless when I married. I do hate it that my step kids don't get to see their dad daily. But that's a causality of divorce. Remarriage doesn't have to make it worse. I can say unequivocally that my husband loves all his kids beyond belief, and we include my stepkids in everything we possibly can.  My bio son has not "replaced" his older kids in affection at all.  But that all depends on your ex's personality first and foremost. And it can be influenced, for both good or bad, by the new wife. But ultimately it's the dad who will make or break the relationship with his kids. [/quote]

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