"He is now dating the woman he cheated with. She spends time with my son and spends the night in their home for several days at a time. They live across the street from me, but I haven't seen the girlfriend since my ex and I split up. Even two years later, it still stings and makes me sick to think about them playing house with my son."
"I'm sorry: You do have to suck it up. This is the partner of your child's father, and she needs an invite to anything child-related you would otherwise invite your ex to. I would be furious. I would angrily text my friends. I would constantly evaluate her outfits and mild social missteps and hold them in my heart like precious treasures."
A mother co-parents a 3-year-old son with a soon-to-be ex-husband after a relationship that ended amid emotional and psychological abuse and infidelity. The husband's current partner spends nights at his home and time with the child while living across the street. The mother feels deeply hurt by the partner's presence at child-related events and considers hosting a separate party to exclude her, fearing harm to the child. The partner of a child's parent should be invited to child-centered events the other parent would attend. Feelings of anger and urges to vent or scrutinize the partner are described as normal reactions.
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