Who'd Be a Stepmum? ; Ask Them to Clear the Table and They'll Ring Their Real Mother to See If They Have To. Plan to Take Them Swimming and She'll 'Forget' to Pack Their Trunks. Taking On Another Man's Children -- And His Ex- Wife -- Can Be Hell

Daily Mail › August 17, 2009

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HINK of the most stressful situations

Tof your life. Exams, driving test, job interviews, meeting your future in-laws. Times that by ten. Nothing, but nothing, compares with meeting your partner's children for the first time.

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Who'd Be a Stepmum? ; Ask Them to Clear the Table and They'll Ring Their Real Mother to See If They Have To. Plan to Take Them Swimming and She'll 'Forget' to Pack Their Trunks. Taking On Another Man's Children -- And His Ex- Wife -- Can Be Hell

I was 23 when I met Jamie. To say I was self-absorbed was an understatement. A career-focused girl-abouttown, I was newly living in London and working for a weekly magazine. I worked and had fun and that was it. My life was all about me.

Until I fell in love with Jon, ten years my senior, I doubt my boyfriends could even boil an egg, let alone look after a child. Most couldn't look after themselves. The idea that I might find myself with an instant six-year-old never occurred to me. But there he was. A cute little blond boy stand...

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