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My grandkids and my ex husband's mistress

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DiscoDancer1975 Thu 10-Feb-22 07:45:28

I don’t have experience of this, but have seen it in others.

It’s interesting you call her the ‘ home wrecker’. Your ex husband did that in my opinion. The woman could have been anyone.

I can empathise with how you feel, but can’t see what else you can do, other than accept.

As regards your grandchildren, they’re the responsibility of your daughter.

Try to let go. Get your own life going, and show him he means nothing now.

kittylester Thu 10-Feb-22 07:41:22

I agree with hetty, it's hard but you need to move on.

Sago Thu 10-Feb-22 07:40:29

For the sake of all involved you must let it go.

silverlining48 Thu 10-Feb-22 07:37:07

This is going to be down to your daughter really and it seems she wants to have her father in her life so you may have to accept the inevitable. They are closer but 220 km is hardly on the doorstep. What does your daughter think? Does she know how upset you are?
For your own sake try to be gracious hard though that will be.

Hetty58 Thu 10-Feb-22 07:34:17

Mariemal55, I think the only problem is your ongoing resentment of the situation. Yes, I really do think you should grow up and accept that his new wife is now family. Live in the present - not in the past. How about being polite and civil?

Hiraeth Thu 10-Feb-22 07:18:04

Life is short and has loads of hurdles . Your ex-husband is still your daughters father and a grandfather .His decision was to have a divorce and marry again .It must be very hard for you but life carries on and your happiness is important . You are a grandmother and will always be that .

Lucca Thu 10-Feb-22 07:11:33

She is his wife now but that does not make her your grandchildren’s granny.
I’d suggest you do your best to ignore the situation other than perhaps asking your daughter to ensure your paths don’t have to cross. After all 220km is till not just round the corner.
If you moved away you would be cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I’m not being unkind when I say you are clearly very angry and bitter still about the affair and maybe some counselling to overcome this could be useful.

Kim19 Thu 10-Feb-22 07:05:30

Gosh, difficult. I daresay you could keep daughter's relationship with you totally separate in all this and never mention him unless it is absolutely essential. Are you and your daughter close? Have you discussed this with her? If she cares for you both equally then this will be difficult for her. She will need your support. I realise you are hurting but try to see this from everyone's perspective? Not easy. Good luck.

Mariemal55 Thu 10-Feb-22 06:55:57

I am sure that there will be a myriad of answers saying, move along, grow up, be pleased your grandchildren have people who love them .........
Perhaps the other women in the same boat can offer more constructive advice.
I lost my husband to divorce 11 years ago as a result of his 2-year affair.
He lived with his mistress for 10 years and married her last year. For the past 11 years they have lived 4000kms away which worked well. He made very little attempt to visit his daughter. Despite this they have maintained contact.
His mistress was not allowed to attend her wedding 7 years ago. Her father did walk her down the aisle and made his father of the bride speech before leaving the reception as his mistress was waiting outside. Needless to say, our daughter was devastated.
She had her first child a year ago. Due to COVID, her father has been unable to visit.
He and his "wife" have now moved to a town 220kms away which means they are going to be in our lives full-time.
I am having huge difficulty coming to terms with the fact that this woman wants to be a "grandmother" to my grandchildren.
I have no idea how this is going to work out but it is eating at me.
He has asked me to respect that he is now married to the homewrecker. Yeah right, like she respected my marriage. She is a narcissistic individual who thinks she has a right to have intruded on a marriage and a right to be called granny.
My ex-husband is tied to her at the hip and she calls the tune.
Does anyone have advice on how I deal with this, other than me moving 400kms in the opposite direction which would be heartbreaking as my daughter and grandchildren mean the world to me.