I met my girlfriend fall in line a couple of months ago.
When we met, I didn’t know that she had kids.
It was a huge surprise and something that I wasn’t expecting. The first time I met her kids, we decided to get a hotel room and go to the amusement park. I thought it would be a great way for us to meet without there being any stress. I got a hotel room for my girlfriend and the kids and a second one for me. We were on the same floor, but our rooms were on opposite ends of the hall. I did that on purpose, so my girlfriend would feel any pressure at all. I got to the hotel first and my girlfriend arrived with her kids about an hour later. I was waiting in the lobby when they arrived. As soon as they walked inside, the kids started complaining about the indoor temperatures. The lobby didn’t have AC. They wanted to go upstairs to the room where the AC was running and they had Wi-Fi. I paid a lot of money for the hotel rooms and the theme park tickets and the kids’ biggest concern was the air conditioner and video games. I wasn’t impressed with the kids or their behavior. A couple of weeks after my girlfriend and I had our weekend at the park, we broke up. It wasn’t just because of the kids, but I definitely realized after a weekend with the kids, that I wasn’t ready for a family. I was still trying to find my way. I wasn’t ready to be a step father.