You’ve probably dated and dumped or been dumped by other partners during the course of your life. You may even have married before but chose to end it before kids came along. And though occasionally an old boyfriend might turn up to see what you’re up to, it’s sporadic. Those former flames usually don’t come back to your life to haunt you.
Not so for your husband and his ex. As parents, they are joined together for the rest of their lives. That means as the new wife, you also have to learn to deal with this other woman. The first time I met my husband’s ex he was still living in the house they once shared.
Though she didn’t live there anymore, she still knew the code to the garage door. Arne and I were making out when we heard the sound of the garage door going up. “What is that?” I asked, scrambling to put myself back together.
Arne swore, jumped up and ran to intercept his ex. When I went downstairs, hair disheveled and cheeks flushed, she was standing there in the kitchen gathering up things the kids had forgotten to take with them to her apartment and asking Arne if there were any stamps left.
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