[loving long distance]

I have a wonderful boyfriend, we are in a long distant relationship because I am away in school. My boyfriend has 2 kids with his ex wife. They are very young 2 & 4. He has a relationship with his ex wife although it isn’t very good. The problem is that his ex wife has two older children 7 & 9 from previous relationships and their fathers are out of the picture.
My issue is that my boyfriend does things for the older two and takes them places along with his 2. He is not their dad and tells me that he only has 2 children. I love him and his 2 kids, but I’m finding myself getting more and more irritated when he does things for the 2 kids that aren’t’ his. He has a good heart and I know that the older two will always be his kids siblings.

So, Am I overreacting? I don’t have any children of my own…What do I need to do to work this out? Is it just me and my issues?

[April Masini, your AskApril]

Dating a single parent is not for everyone. Step-children and their parents can be deal breakers in a relationship. It isn’t clear if you don’t like your boyfriend parenting his step-children because you don’t want to one day be a step-parent to four children instead of two, or for some other reason. You need to be brutally honest with yourself about what’s going on and why you don’t want him to take care of his step-kids.

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