Before I became a dentist I used to work these crazy late shift odd jobs. One of those jobs was a front desk clerk at an urgent care clinic.
I worked with this older lady who had a daughter and she was pretty as hell. But she was in a really fukked up relationship. Dude cheated on her, talked down to her, had other hoes living with him will they were together. He once beat her so bad, she was in the hospital for weeks.
She eventually smartened up and cut him loose.
So the lady that I worked with decides it would be a good idea to match us. The woman I'm with, who will eventually be my wife, we were just dating. Nothing serious yet.
I decide to take this woman's daughter out and it was one of the worst dates I'd ever been on. I don't do dinner and movie first dates. I like to do fun stuff. We went paintballing and axe throwing. Just having fun. Slim talked about her ex the entire time and it was all negative. When I dropped her if at her mom's house, I walk her to the door and she gives me this big hug and just starts crying on my chest. She apologized and told me that she went out with every intention of having fun but she's dealing with a lot of shyt from her past relationship. I told her everything was cool and to take care of herself.
I get to work Monday night and the older lady comes straight to me and apologized and thanked me for treating her daughter like a person and not a possession.
I'm still cool with the family. The girl's birthday was just this Tuesday. Me and my wife sent her an edible arrangement.
But if you dealing with a person that has baggage to the point where it effects them socially as a whole, you need to ask yourself if it's worth it.