Thank you Juju. You are so right. I don’t think I’m following any recipe at the moment...probably did the kid intros too soon although my kids are at an age where they aren’t too concerned with what I am doing other than that they want to see me happy. They have a good relationship with their dad as well so are in no danger of getting overly attached to my boyfriend and being upset when/if we break up. He is mostly over when they are at their dad’s anyway so it would take them awhile to even notice that he wasn’t around. And if they did, I’m pretty sure my emotional well-being would be their only real concern. They like Jack well enough but they are not attached to him.
Love the example of your parents. Yes...someone talking about kids on the first date would definitely be a red flag for most of us...lol. Glad she gave him a chance.
Jack has a job interview tomorrow in his home town and the employer that was talking about sending him to my town for a couple of months still aren’t ready to hire...they just tell him they will keep him posted. Can’t pay your bills on that. So he is a bit concerned that he will get hired by this new place, work there a couple weeks and then called by the other place which is his preferable place to work. I suppose he could always quit the new place to work at the other but it doesn’t look good to future employers that you would take a job and then quit two weeks later. I suppose he could always leave it off of his resume if he wanted. Anyway...it seems like he will be working soon enough and this could change things for us a bit. Just not sure how yet.