I've been a step parent for between 2-3 years now.
I have trouble feeling the connection with them that their father feels. We have them 50% of the week, and they are with their mother the rest of the week.
Much of the time, we're pretty happy.
Sometimes, though, often times,...
My mood will flip a switch, and overall, I will feel deflated, withdrawn, detached, emotionless, uninterested. It's nothing that they or my husband is doing wrong - They all treat me like part of the family. They love me. The children are still young; 4 and 8.
I feel like my deeply intense yearning for a child with my husband affects my ability to enjoy my time with my stepchildren. My patience is, at times, minimal. I am often broody.
We are at the very early phases of trying to conceive.
I'm certain they notice when I'm in my "withdrawn" mood.
I feel so selfish.
I know my post is choppy, and perhaps, hard to decipher since I steered away from going into detail. I apologize.
Has anyone else ever felt this way?
I have trouble feeling the connection with them that their father feels. We have them 50% of the week, and they are with their mother the rest of the week.
Much of the time, we're pretty happy.
Sometimes, though, often times,...
My mood will flip a switch, and overall, I will feel deflated, withdrawn, detached, emotionless, uninterested. It's nothing that they or my husband is doing wrong - They all treat me like part of the family. They love me. The children are still young; 4 and 8.
I feel like my deeply intense yearning for a child with my husband affects my ability to enjoy my time with my stepchildren. My patience is, at times, minimal. I am often broody.
We are at the very early phases of trying to conceive.
I'm certain they notice when I'm in my "withdrawn" mood.
I feel so selfish.
I know my post is choppy, and perhaps, hard to decipher since I steered away from going into detail. I apologize.
Has anyone else ever felt this way?
These feelings are quite normal. However, they sound like they could turn into depression or potentially harm your relationships with your dh and his kids, I would consider working these feelings out with a counselor before they get any worse.
