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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.  Just thinking child would ask questions given that affair relationship is ongoing after the divorce.[/quote]

“Larla is Uncle Joe’s girlfriend. As you know, Uncle Joe and Aunt Jane got divorced, so they’re free to date other people now.”[/quote]

OP here.  I think this is a good approach if child asks--hopefully we can say it nonchalantly, despite it being a total surprise and currently a fraught issue within the family--and the child won't put two and two together (i.e., that the relationship may have started before the divorce, since right now is immediately after).  [/quote]

I would do your best to be nonchalant, and if anyone else starts talking about it around your kid, I would shut it down. Your child is too young to be involved in intimate family affairs, and it would be inappropriate for anyone else to bring him/her into it. As a parent, this is one where you put aside your feelings about the adults involved and protect your child.[/quote]

OP here.  Yes, agree--thanks for the reminder.  Ugh.[/quote]

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