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Tuesday Pondering

by JillM

A friend of mine is getting married later this month and is going to be blending a family in the process. She seems so incredibly serene about the whole thing. She loves the future stepchildren, she’s confident in the job her intended will do as a stepfather, and she exudes confidence in this decision.

I totally cannot relate. Every time I read her posts on our message board about the things she is doing to prepare for the wedding (dress buying was last week, and today they are going to pick up the marriage license), I seriously feel nauseous. That isn’t my attempting a little bit of cute nausea humor either. I really really really feel ill! I have been told that this means a) I am even more of a freak about commitment than I thought or b) I have not met the right person yet.

I think it’s a combination of both. I am freaking out about commitment because I have yet to meet a person I could stand to see on a daily basis. My children want me to remarry so badly so they can “have a dad in the home again�, and because of that, I honestly from time to time get tempted to search out Mr. Right Now. What I need to remember is that they will not be happy about having a stepfather if I can’t stand having the man for a husband.

I have spoken. Now go out and have a great day!

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Posted in General on December 12th, 2006

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