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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree that this isn’t about the affair. Something similar happened in my family and I did the math at about 12 or 13. I was furious that my father never told the truth about how you parents divorced and my mother never ratted him out.

Let her spend more time at your house and let your ex figure out how to rebuild your daughter’s trust. Tweens/teens are very sensitive to hypocrisy.[/quote]

Then such tweens should be told that what happens between adults is none of their business. Your parents had no obligation to tell you. If you figure it out, you can ask for confirmation, but not use that information to throw a fit. The adults are struggling with enough stuff already.

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NP.

It is her business. She is in a broken home where she gets to move around often because her mother cheated. Why do you people think that children are dumb or without feelings?

It's not throwing a fit, espcially if she feels that she is not gettting enough attention from her mother. I'd be pissed too because I will make a connection that if my parents were in the same house, I would get my dad's attention when my mom was busy with my siblings. A step parent is not the same as a parent.

I think the worst thing that OP can do is be dismissive of his daughter's feelings. He can explain to her that he too was angry at some point, but he has moved on and that nobody is perfect. But to pretend that it is none of her business is ridiculous.[/quote]

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