My Boyfriend's Kids Don't Like Me

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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For the entire 10 years of their relationship, Alexis has felt unwelcome and disrespected by her boyfriend's kids. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my Call of the Day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Alexis, welcome to the program. Hi, how are you? Hi. Good. What's happening? I am in a 10-year relationship um we were engaged um i gave him the ring back um
0:27.8	we're having difficulty not with my adult children but with his adult children um accepting me um
0:36.7	and i just what do his children do that's problematic what do they
0:42.8	actually do they intentionally leave me all invitations group text I'm sorry I must have missed something. What do his children do? Help me understand what they do to show to be a problem. Well, they're not inviting or welcoming when I used to go to, like, our Christmases.
1:14.9	Like I said, they don't include me on invitations that come in the mail for a wedding or graduation.
1:24.1	Okay. My question to you is, why should they have to?
1:32.3	You're their dad's girlfriend?
1:36.2	Right.
1:37.7	Right?
1:38.9	Yes.
1:39.9	See, this is the reason when people get married with kids who are problematic,
1:50.3	that about three quarters of the time, people divorce because it's so unpleasant.
1:58.1	Yeah.
1:59.9	Now, is there any reason you can't just date him, have a nice time with him
2:08.4	and let him be with his family otherwise and you with yours? Not everything is going to work out
2:14.5	exactly the way second and third marriages have higher and higher divorce
2:19.2	failure rates. There's so much baggage and background. Very difficult. When it happens, it's some
2:26.9	kind of miracle. So if you like him, sounds like he's a little bit weak.
2:36.2	That's correct, isn't it?
2:36.6	Yeah.
2:37.0	Yeah.
2:39.0	So it's never going to get better.
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