“ WE KNEW THAT IF THE CHILDREN WEREN’T HAPPY, WE COULDN’T BE TOGETHER” When Michelle Roper, 35, met her husband Mike, 44, she was already mum to Tyler, now 16, Trayvonn, 14, and Tobias, 12, while Mike had daughter Sophie, now 21, from a previous relationship. Michelle and Mike married in 2014 and have their own son, Leo, six.
Michelle says, “I met Mike in 2006. We were both in relationships and so we spent three years as friends before becoming a couple when I ended my relationship with my ex in 2008. At the time, my sons were aged five, three and one, while Sophie was nine. Mike had split with Sophie’s mum in 2000.
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“We agreed we’d only start a relationship if the children got on, because…