My BS was a few months shy of turning 6 when DH and I met. His kids were 12, 15, 17, 18.

I sometimes wonder if things would have been easier if he had kids my BS age.

I KNOW small kids. I dont know how to deal with teenagers and all their crap. And man teenagers these days are not like how I was growing up.

I was no angel and lived quite the life in my teens and early 20s but I had respect and morals and a work ethic.

I was 29 when DH and I started dating. I felt very odd seeing his kids as "kids" and myself as the "adult" because of the ages of his kids.

As odd as it sounds I felt like I had to act more "grown up" and hide who I truly am because his kids were old enough to form an opinion of me. If that makes sense?

I am wild and crazy and silly and goofy and young kids like that. Teenagers look at it as weird. LOL.

I know how to handle small kids attitudes. I feel comfortable correcting a small kid when they are out of line. But when it came to the skids, I was confused by it. And confused by the back talk. No young kids that I knew ever back talked me like the skids did.

In same ways thankfully they were as old as they are, less years to have to deal with them.

Anyone else have this same situation?