My boyfriend and I have known each other for almost 10 years. We have been seriously dating for almost 6 months now. He has a 5 year old daughter that her grandparents have custody of. When she was about 1 or 2 my boyfriend was a serious drug addict. He is almost 3 years clean now and working extremely hard to better himself and be a better dad and be in her life as much as he possibly can. He’s an amazing dad and loves his daughter very much.

I have never gotten to meet her yet because of the pandemic and everything and just taking it slow in the first part of the relationship. This weekend however he and I are going camping for 3 days with his father, sister, brother and his wife and kids, and we get to take my boyfriends daughter with us. So I will officially get to meet her on Friday. I have bought her many gifts already. I got her a birthday and valentines gift in February. Then I got her a necklace and earrings off of wish just because I thought they were adorable and she’s love them. Now for the camping trip I got her a fishing pole, sleeping bag, chair, hat, sunglasses, air mattress, and life jacket. All because she needs them for the trip and because they are all Frozen and Moana themed which she loves.

My friends say it seems like I am trying to buy his daughters love. I don’t think I am because she needs these things for camping, it was her birthday and valentines, and just a pair of earrings and a necklace. I’d rather her like me for me and the relationship I build with her though. She does have an awful dead beat piece of junk for a mom. I know that her grandma is more her mom figure though which is fine with me. I just want her and I to have a good and loving relationship because she’s honestly the cutest little girl ever and deserves all the love and care in the world.