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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If OP's family is anything like mine, at a big holiday gathering with some bottles of wine---somebody is going to talk about the cheating ex...and the kids will overhear it.  Some things you can't hide no matter how hard you try...and, yeah, isn't it funny how mom has a new boyfriend so quick?[/quote]

Yep most families. We use to talk about my brothers ex for years and years. Then those kids told me when they were grown how their mom broke up her current husbands marriage. Best to tell the kids that mom decided to date while being married, and that is wrong. A good way to teach a lesson about "morality" to his kids. A family shouldn't sweep that kind of repulsive behavior under the rug. Call it out for being wrong, that's a better example to young children.[/quote]

Kids are inquisitive enough (and persistent) where they'll demand to know the truth.  My ex left me for another and this entire time, "why don't you and mommy live together anymore" questions are easily rebutted with "well, some people just don't get along anymore" etc.  But at a certain age, kids demand to know.  I am about to hit teenage years with my 2 and I know those questions will come up.  I am of the mindset that their mom has to own this and she's the one that needs to tell them.  My concern is the "spin" that their mom will put on this.  My initial thought was not to engage in too much until the kids are out of HS.

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