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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My aunt and uncle split up when I was 8 and by the time I was 11 it was normal and I had no interest in why it had happened.

I'm sure this would have been different if it had been my parents. But OP, if you are so invested in what is going on with your siblings (or siblings-in-law) that you are picturing some big reveal of this incriminating  info at an "appropriate age," just know that what would be really appropriate would be for you to not be this invested. [/quote]

Exactly. Your kid doesn’t and likely won’t care. What, would you want them to cut the person in question out of their life? Respect them less? What is the end goal here? You must just want to stir up drama.[/quote]

How about, sometimes people cheat, sometimes people divorce. ... life moves on.

it's not drama, it's the truth.

Why is everybody trying to raise snowflakes. Kids don't' need to be protected from life. [/quote]

And sometimes people are mistaken about the cheating.  Someone in our church congregation was so sure that his wife was having an affair with the priest that he emailed everyone in the congregation their texts which he stole by breaking into his wife's phone.  The priest was her spiritual adviser so they did have a very close relationship but not a physical one.

Basically ruined his wife's and his entire family's reputation in the community.  They and their kids lost all their friends.

People are just creating drama when they bring other people into their relationship issues.  Everyone lost.  Not one "winner" here.[/quote]

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