Hell, no. No man is breaking up with his girl be-
cause she doesn’t get along with family members (other
than his mother). A sister doesn’t have to come around
to the house and be a part of family functions if she
can’t get along with the woman a man loves. The same
holds true for cousins, aunties, and uncles.
If you put your family before him, he’s out of there.
It’s cool—men know the child has a father, and if
he’s in his kid’s life, we understand we’ll have to
have some type of interaction with him. But your
new man needs to be able to come to your house and
be himself. If he’s in a committed relationship with
you and he sees the kids doing something wrong and
he can’t say anything to them about it, then you’re