Dating With Children

But be ever aware: the woman you meet may come as a package, albeit an attractive one. If she's divorced with children, primary school or teenage, realise that they're a major factor in the future success of your relationship. Show some interest in her children's welfare, health and education, and you'll establish some of the most important credentials you'll need.

A mate between marriages many years ago lived in Mt Isa, a flat, hot, dusty outback Australian mining town where 5000 men from some 60 nationalities work the copper, lead, gold and zinc deposits deep underground. The Isa's a hard place. Drinking is the major recreation, and the Aussie drinking culture is not a pretty one.

As the breakfast announcer at the local radio station he was hosting an outside broadcast when he got chatting to an attractive divorcee with three children; to cut a long story short, they moved in together and it was bliss for the next five years until he contracted bowel cancer and died; the reason for the happy union was simply that Stewie was always on hand for the children - a teenage son and daughter, and their 11 year old younger sister. He willingly helped them with their homework and sports training trips, as well as which he coached them in little things such as table manners and social etiquette.

She eventually remarried, and the children have all benefitted in various ways from Stew's gentle influence. Women you meet on dating sites can be lovely, but vulnerable, and the kiddies must be part of the deal.

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