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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At what age is it more appropriate?  My exDW left the marriage b/c of an AP.  She's now married to the AP and we have 1 child from our marriage.  He's 9 now but has asked in the past "why did you and daddy break up?"  He's a smart young man and eventually the wishy washy "well, sometimes adults just don't get along anymore" reasons aren't enough.  I figured the teenage years might bring this to light more and in that case, I think it's my exDW's responsibility to come clean.  My worry is if she's going to misrepresent the past.[/quote]

What exactly do you want to achieve by him knowing? I’d ask this of all people who are waiting for the right time to tell a child. Are you looking for them to take sides? Are you looking to be the hero? Looking to make some sort of point? Really truly dig deep and ask yourself what you want this information to accomplish. I don’t agree that you need to hide it if asked directly, but again I have to imagine that there’s some narrative you’d like to push here.[/quote]

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