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Getting back into dating after a long-termrelationshipor even a marriage is by no means easy.
There will be engagements, baggage and often some degree of comparisons here and there.
If there are kids from a previous relationship, then everything gets a lot more complicated.
This can be even more important for achildwho never got to meet this parent, like in this story.
Maybe it ended badly, leaving behind emotional scars.
Maybe it ended in loss, and youre unintentionally competing with a memory.
Either way, youre not starting fresh, youre stepping into someone elsesstory.
There are practical challenges, too.
There might be lingering friendships, in-laws with opinions, or evenan ex.
Emotional baggage, real or imagined can and will affect how someone approaches a relationship.
Even if no one says it out loud, its hard not to wonder if you measure up.
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