thread: Unmarried Parents - How To Tell The Kids That You're Not/Don't Want To Get Married

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    She is still young so may not ask the question you are worried about. But if she does you could say
    "everyone is different and some people want to get married and others don't. Daddy and I don't want to get married. But that's okay. We are a happy family and font need to be married to stay that way"

    If she asks why not. You can just repeat "everyone is different and that's just the way that we feel".

    But as she is only 4 I'd be surprised if she even thought about it. As far as she knows her family are together and happy and that's all that matters. If she could feel you were unhappy maybe it would be different. But even then. Kids seem to ask us the questions when we least expect it!!!

    Try to enjoyr the days and don't think about it!!!

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    She will ask dd1 has been asking since about that age. It's even more difficult that she knows that mummy used to be married to "uncle c" but now "uncle c" lives with "uncle r" so we really are messed up!

    We just said that lots of people ge married but that you don't need to be married to love each other or have a family. She just accepts that, although I think she is secretly hanging out for us to ge married when she can be a bridesmaid

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    Yep, she asked tonight - "WHEN are you and daddy getting married" rather than "WHY aren't you married?"

    Still thinking.

    I answer her "I don't want to die mummy" statements with, "we're WAYYYYYYYYY too busy too die DD, we have story time tomorrow, the Easter Bunny's coming and we have kindygym on Friday." She's happy with that.

    This one has me a little stumped.

    I just have to remember that at this age, it's all about her so I have to concentrate on how much DP and I love HER and DD2. That much is indisputable.

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    What is your DP's answer to this question of "Whya ren't you married"?

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    What is your DP's answer to this question of "Whya ren't you married"?
    She hasn't asked him but I imagine his response would be, "because mummy doesn't want to."