Orchid, of course it's more complicated than that. I was spending so much time at his house that I only had 2 1/2 days to cut my grass, make jewelry, clean, look for a job, see friends, etc. I was packing up half my house and taking it with me, then coming back and unpacking it. It wasn't so much BF & son who made me feel like a visitor, I did it to myself because I felt like I was in limbo. My own house didn't feel like home either.

I think I overstepped a boundary by critiquing his parenting because I spent so much time there I felt like I was part of the family - but I'm not. Boundaries are not clear in a situation like this.

I'm hurting, but okay because BF is a decent man and didn't play games with me and has been up front about everything. It's this one issue that is a major problem.