Mid-Life Dating Is Complicated
Dating in mid-life is complicated.
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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 Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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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
Dating in mid-life is complicated. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife Blended podcast. Contact us, email […]
Ron: Dating in mid-life is complicated.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: He was in his mid-50’s talking to his girlfriend loudly on his mobile phone. I couldn’t help but overhear him. “Sweetie, sweetie, you’ve known this about me. No, I don’t care for her. I just have to pay alimony and child support. Don’t scream at me. No, I can’t change it and this has nothing to do with us.”
Well, actually, it does. You see, mid-life dating means embracing the other person’s past and making it your present and that complicates things. And if you find yourself, like this guy, dating someone who wants to untie your commitments—especially those to your kids—don’t plead for them to understand. Just move on. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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