Archive for July 1st, 2008
Didn’t even tell his kids he was getting married!
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Hi Weslea,
I’m writing to you because I need some advice from fellow listeners. I have been divorced for almost 3 yrs, my ex husband sees our children only on Tuesday nights for maybe an hour and every other Sunday, for a few hours (this visitation is his choice). He met and moved in with his girlfriend, and all that matters to him is this woman and HER kids. Well, he took our children (ages 13 & 15) to his nieces graduation party on Saturday, with the girlfriend in tow.
When I picked up my kids, my 15yr old was sobbing uncontrollably. When I asked her and her aunt (whom I still am close to) what was going on. It turns out that my kids found out that their dad had gotten MARRIED the week before. He never told them about his plans, nor did he tell them at the party, it was told to them by their aunt. The girlfriend, who is now the wife, doesn’t know my kids and hasn’t even tried to get to know them, she doesn’t talk to them or spend any time with them. Am I wrong for being upset that he should have informed his kids ahead of time that he was planning on doing this? I don’t even care that weren’t included in the ceremony (court house), but I do feel they deserve the respect to be informed of this life altering decision…After all, this is now their “step mother”, and she wants nothing to do with them.
It breaks my heart to see my kids so upset and hurt, and I feel he did an unthinkable act by not involving them. Am I wrong and how do I and my kids deal with their pain??
Thank you!

