What if...?

• Your marriage is headed for divorce. 
•  How would you settle property, custody, that kinda stuff?

If I were in that situation, I'd have the kids and let him see him however many times a week. I would want the house, so if he didn't want to give it to me I'd give him some money for it.

• Your elderly parents need to move in with
• What conflicts and adjustments arrive?

Personally, I would hate to have my parents move in with me. I wouldn't mind living close to them, but with them? No thanks. We'd have to find a place for them, maybe the basement, depending on my house size. They'd expect me to cook for them, do their laundry, and clean up after them. I'd have to buy the things that they are used to like their shampoo, toothpaste, foods, things like that. Not to mention trying not to fight with my dad, or get annoyed with my mom.

• You are a single mother. 
• How will you cope emotionally and financially. 

If it were me, I'd probably have a lot of help from my mom. She loves kids so she'd babysit a lot, giving me free time and the ability to work. As far as coping emotionally, if my husband/boyfriend were the type of person that would leave his wife/girlfriend and kid behind, I wouldn't be sad and I wouldn't miss him. I'd look at the bright side of the situation, which is that I would be free to date and go have fun (still being a good parent).

• You just remarried. 

• How will family discipline be handled with step children? Chores? Space?

For me, it all depends on how old the step children are. If they were ten or younger, I would treat them like they were my own. I would yell if I needed to yell, assign them chores, they could call me mom if they wanted to, but I wouldn't care either way. Now if they were older than ten, I would leave the discipline to their dad, I'd suggest chores for them to their dad to give them, and I know they wouldn't call me mom. When it comes to space, we'd find a place for everyone and find a way to make it all equal, like if there were two rooms but one was bigger than the other, I'd say that the one that got the smaller room could could have a tv (or something like that) to avoid argument.