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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did your husband also have a 12 year old child at the time?

There is no way I can pretend to be okay with any of this. I don't think dinner would be a good idea.

Besides he's not living close to us right now.[/quote]

No, he had no ex-wife or kids. Also, attitudes towards older men with younger women are more indulgent than towards older women with younger men, which is unfair.

Still, you have to be wily, OP. Use psychology to outsmart them. You really do have to make an effort to get to know her. Not because you support the relationship, but because you want ammunition to get your cousin out of this without looking like the heavy father, which will only push him into her arms. Then you'll be able to say: "Oh, I love how Larla still cuts up her son's meat for him, even at 12! What a devoted mother she is! Soon you'll be doing that too, and attending all his soccer games and everything!" You know, subliminal snark stuff.

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Yeah, the subliminal snark is going to do wonders for family relations

Butt out. He'll figure life out on his own. He is an adult. This doesn't even belong in this forum. [/quote]

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