My "primary relationship" is my parental one - I have a two year old who lives with me most of the time (except for a couple of nights a week when she stays with her father, my ex, who I am very friendly with).

So far I've not worried too much about partners meeting my kid; she meets plenty of my friends all the time, and really I just treat her meeting partners the same way. I have no intention of finding a nesting partner, someone who would move in with us or become a big part of her life, so it seems fairly low stakes.

But she's hitting peak toddler possessiveness age now and basically throws a fit if I cuddle someone else in front of her (including her father, another child or another family member!) She really liked my new partner the first time she met him but last time he came round he gave me a kiss and ever since she has been extremely hostile towards him.

Anyone else a parent? How do you manage this sort of thing? Because I have 70% custody it's not really practical for my child to never hang out with my partners, or I'd hardly get to see them!