
My new husband and I have quite similar personalities, and unfortunately so do our exes.
In fact, my husband’s ex reminds me so much of mine that every time we have any form of contact with her, even written, I end up a crying mess.
Initially, because she’s the mother of my stepchild, I thought I should be friendly with her. Show her I was supportive of our co-parenting situation. Supportive of her.
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When the handovers became high conflict between her and my husband, I agreed to do pickups and drops-offs of our daughter instead.
I get along with most people, and I thought I’d be able to smooth things over with her too.
My husband had been finding handovers hard, and I hated seeing him so stressed. Instead of supporting him to come up with a solution, I jumped right into rescue mode.
It was a huge mistake.
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The first few weeks were okay.
She was charming and polite. Friendly even. What was everyone so afraid of? She’s a tiny, pretty woman who, as far as I can tell, is a loving, capable mother.