Everything is good except this...?
I've been seeing a man for 5 years now.We are both in our 40's. We met when he was still married and I was recently divorced. He is now divorced too and we have a great thing. Neither of us want to marry until my children are out of the house; they are teenagers. We both always put our children first and see each other when we can. My problem is this... he does not want me to be around his children. One daughter is 20 and the other is 11. The older one thinks of me as the woman who broke up her parent's marriage and the little one doesn't know anything about me. He says I would be a wonderful example for them and he knows they would like me if given a chance but he doesn't want to confuse or upset them, so we keep our lives separate from theirs. I haven't made an issue about it because I understand in a way that he is trying to protect them. Still, sometimes it makes me feel very bad that he won't share this part of his life with me. Any suggestions?