Anonymous wrote:Ex and I have two daughters ages 6 and 7.
We live in the same neighborhood and generally share the neighborhood friends so our kids have playdates with the local crew regardless of which house they're at. However, there are 2 families that live on his specific block, one with a 9yo girl and one with a 10yo girl. I havent met either family but the kids all play outside together when the girls are at their dad's. These 2 families avoid me at school functions so I'm not quite sure what the deal is there.
Friday night my ex texted me pics of my girls and the 2 older girls from the block having a sleepover at his house. I was...shocked. I actually assumed it would be hard for him to even have playdates at his house as a solo dad with only daughters, but the fact that two families let their little girls sleep there is bonkers to me.
Dont they presume he's a not so good person if his wife left him while we had little kids? Fwiw, he had a 3 year long affair, hid drinking, got a very severe DUI that was on trial for a year, those things resulted in job loss and he was unemployed for the last year. So, not exactly an upstanding citizen and someone I worry about having to coparent with.
Am I crazy? Are they crazy?
Uh, no? They might not know you initiated the divorce, it might be infidelity (his OR yours), which is yucky but doesn't mean someone isn't safe to be around kids, etc.