On the one hand, "please don't bring people around my kids whom I haven't met" is a very reasonable request!
On the other hand...LW, your homophobia is showing. Pretty telling that he wasn't bothered by it until Don was dating a man. (Also, dating four people in one year isn't really outside the norm; it certainly doesn't make Don a "player.")
In terms of introducing (or not introducing) short-term romantic partners to the kids: That's best practices for divorced parents, but my instinct is that it's less important when one is a non-parental caregiver (without the messy emotional situation of a divorce), so I don't think LW should push for Don not to introduce his partners to the kids at all, especially since LW doesn't have other childcare options. I'm curious about what you all think. (I'm not a parent, though I am a child of divorced parents, so I've only seen things from the other end.)
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On the other hand...LW, your homophobia is showing. Pretty telling that he wasn't bothered by it until Don was dating a man. (Also, dating four people in one year isn't really outside the norm; it certainly doesn't make Don a "player.")
In terms of introducing (or not introducing) short-term romantic partners to the kids: That's best practices for divorced parents, but my instinct is that it's less important when one is a non-parental caregiver (without the messy emotional situation of a divorce), so I don't think LW should push for Don not to introduce his partners to the kids at all, especially since LW doesn't have other childcare options. I'm curious about what you all think. (I'm not a parent, though I am a child of divorced parents, so I've only seen things from the other end.)