When you fall in love with a man, you don’t necessarily love his children… Really? Getty Images:
RESEARCH – When you fall in love with a man, you don’t have to love his children… However, this new relationship may bring some pleasant surprises.
“The first time I met Ali, and Fleur remembers Amelie, I was overwhelmed by a tsunami of conflicting emotions: excitement, shyness, fear… When I called at 12:15, I was on the verge of a panic attack. And I was not disappointed. The little boy ran to his room, and 11-year-old Ali extended his cold hand to me. “Are you late?” Fortunately, the meltdown happened during lunch when I offered to watch Ponyo on the rock. I knew I won one round. But nothing is ever won.”
When you rebuild your couple, you don’t immediately imagine that you will inherit the children of the previous union… “No one has ever dreamed of being a mother-in-law,” confirms psychotherapist and psychoanalyst Catherine Audibert (1), who in her office sees a number of women gaining “stepmother” status overnight. “We are presented with an accomplished fact, like Amelie… Today…
Source: Le Figaro
