Good evening....
I'm rather hoping to get some honest opinions from the ladies of this forum, allow me to explain...
I am a full time single dad to 4 children who all have varying degrees of autistic spectrum disorders, I have been very fortunate to have been in a relationship with a fantastic lady for the last 5 years, she herself has 3 children the youngest of whom is 18, that will become relevant as I continue.
Over the last few weeks she has become more and more distant, in fact I've not seen her for a month now, the main issue is around my children and the fact the they will never lead a normal independent life, they will always be reliant on me....she has known this from the start, she acknowledges that the children's behaviour isn't their fault but feels that she could not cope with them on a daily basis...I should point out that we don't live together.
As I've already said her youngest is 18 but mine is 11, she is now in a position to do what she wants when she wants with whoever she wants, I on the other hand do not have and will never have that freedom, I don't know at the moment what is going to happen with us.
Anyway the thing I would like to ask is this, firstly an opinion of single dads caring for their children and secondly opinions on whether you would get involved with such a man knowing that his children will always need him, and doing the simplest of things as a couple require more forward planning than a military operation.