Ditto..... If you don't take the "baggage" into account and deal with it before hand, your asking for trouble later. Thinking there is no "baggage" is just begging for trouble.....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Sandbox Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [Sndbox] 2nd Wives > It has some merit..but the people involved have to > realize that these people did not start to exist the > day that they go together. That there were others in > their past and in a lot of cases will always be there. > The mother of the child is not going to disappear and > it is better if they can all work together for the > betterment of the family as a whole. The child will > play the parents against each other, and the dad > against the new wife if they can..and that has to be > addressed as well. > > but if the union is strong and the people involved > realize the pitfalls and work to maintain the > relationship, it will survive. Too many times people > go into a new relationship with demands based on an > old one...and not realistically dealing with the new > person as that...a new person...not without all that > crap that the last person threw at them. > > Laurie ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net