Adult Stepfamily: Slow Down Your Dating
After dating a 70 year-old man for three months Tina's mom, age 67, announced she was getting married. Tina, her siblings, the grandchildren and his family all asked the couple to slow down, but they wouldn't listen. Hey, if your child was making an expensive impulsive decision you'd want them to listen to you, right? Take the pulse of your family and trusted advisors. If the consensus is you're moving too fast, slow down. You can move forward without them or listen and take them with you.
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After dating a 70 year-old man for three months Tina's mom, age 67, announced she was getting married. Tina, her siblings, the grandchildren and his family all asked the couple to slow down, but they wouldn't listen. Hey, if your child was making an expensive impulsive decision you'd want them to listen to you, right? Take the pulse of your family and trusted advisors. If the consensus is you're moving too fast, slow down. You can move forward without them or listen and take them with you.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
Sometimes, kids and parents just don’t listen.
Ron: Sometimes, kids and parents just don’t listen.
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Ron: After dating a 70-year-old man for just three and a half months Tina’s mom, age 67, announced she was getting married. Tina, her siblings, the grandchildren and his kids and grandkids were all asking the couple to slow down, but they just wouldn’t listen.
Hey, if the shoe was on the other foot, and your child was making an expensive impulsive decision, you’d want them to listen to you, right? I don’t care how old you are take the pulse of your family and trusted advisors. If there’s a consensus that you’re moving too fast, slow down your plans for marriage. You can move forward without them or you can listen and take them with you. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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