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Have kind of an odd one. Been dating someone since early this year and everything points to getting married in the next 18-24 months. My GF broke up with her last BF almost two years ago. They have not communicated much at all since we have started dating. Last communication was for her to drop off some personal items and they did not meet. She simply dropped everything off in his mailbox a few months ago. However, this guy is still in somewhat constant contact with her college age kids on a regular basis. Plus he still sends them cards for their birthday with gifts inside. One of her kids told my GF that he has plans to take them out to dinner to give them their birthday gift later next month. This requires an almost three hour drive on his part.
Her kids are all adults and can pick and choose their friends obviously. Just seems weird that a middle aged man is still trying to actively pursue and maintain a relationship with my GF's kids. They only dated for about 9 months. All my GF can say is that this man is very lonely, not good at adult relationships and clinging onto any sort of connection with a happier period of his life. Do we tell the kids that this relationship is bordering on strange or let them figure it out themselves?
The GF knows him, does she consider it strange? I think it's good that adults can show that just because a relationship failed doesn't mean that adult is gone from the kids lives - if they are a good influence.
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Have kind of an odd one. Been dating someone since early this year and everything points to getting married in the next 18-24 months. My GF broke up with her last BF almost two years ago. They have not communicated much at all since we have started dating. Last communication was for her to drop off some personal items and they did not meet. She simply dropped everything off in his mailbox a few months ago. However, this guy is still in somewhat constant contact with her college age kids on a regular basis. Plus he still sends them cards for their birthday with gifts inside. One of her kids told my GF that he has plans to take them out to dinner to give them their birthday gift later next month. This requires an almost three hour drive on his part.
Her kids are all adults and can pick and choose their friends obviously. Just seems weird that a middle aged man is still trying to actively pursue and maintain a relationship with my GF's kids. They only dated for about 9 months. All my GF can say is that this man is very lonely, not good at adult relationships and clinging onto any sort of connection with a happier period of his life. Do we tell the kids that this relationship is bordering on strange or let them figure it out themselves?
Her kids are all adults and can pick and choose their friends obviously. Just seems weird that a middle aged man is still trying to actively pursue and maintain a relationship with my GF's kids. They only dated for about 9 months. All my GF can say is that this man is very lonely, not good at adult relationships and clinging onto any sort of connection with a happier period of his life. Do we tell the kids that this relationship is bordering on strange or let them figure it out themselves?
The bolded... it is really none of your business with whom they associate. They aren't even related to you!
It's not your business. It's between the grown kids and the ex bf.
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