Dear Abby: Balancing Work and Family as a Teacher Stepfather
Dear Abby,
I’m getting married soon and I am very excited. It is a true blessing. I love my fiancée very much, and I’m happy to spend the rest of my life with her. I have one concern, though, and it is about her daughters. They are great girls, both teenagers.
I have told them I will be whatever they want me to be, trying not to force any kind of relationship on them that they are not ready to have. My problem is, I am their teacher at the high school. I have excellent relationships with both girls, but in an effort to make things as comfortable for them at school as I can, I have distanced myself from the other students.
I have become grumpier, and I’m quickly becoming the teacher with a lot of homework that all the students dislike. I was always the “nice” teacher, so this is a big change for me. However, I have done it because the girls are grateful for it. The “meaner” I a
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