Dear Queenie,
My boyfriend and I have been together for several years, since a few weeks after his wife died. He still keeps his own home although we live together in my house.
My children like him just fine, but his kids treat me like dirt and when he does things with them they leave me out entirely.
Queenie, what should I do? I don’t want to be alone and it’s hard to find a good man.—Discouraged
Dear Discouraged,
There are worse things than being alone, and one of them is being treated like dirt.
I can understand why his children do not like you if he got together with you while they were still mourning their mother’s passing, However, it is time he demands that they at least treat you with respect. If he will not do that, nothing will change, and if the situation makes you so unhappy you should consider getting out of it.
