By Michael - 13/06/2009 10:35 - United States
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Michael here... I had to introduce the new girlfriend to the exwife when I picked up my kid. My exwife didn't want my son spending the weekend with me and her if she didn't meet her. They did end up sharing things about me. However they claim that if I think that's all they talked about that I'm really conceded. I think I'm more paranoid than conceded, though.
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Your ex-wife is going to tell her everything. Sorry, you lose.
Carol and Susan part two?
1- of course you shouldn't have introduced them. 2- Any time you introduce a current girlfriend (who likes you) with an ex (who hates you, most likely) than they are going to talk about it. And more than likely, it is going to end with your current girlfriend liking you a little bit less, or even downright being appalled by the ex'es stories. 3- girls stick together. when your ex says all the bad stuff you did, but neglects to mention what SHE did to provoke any of that, your girlfriend is going to shamelessly believe her. Then when you try to give your side of the story, your girlfriend will call you immature and say to just "let it go", when in reality she is never going to let it go, and hold it against you till the end of time. ======================= 4- why is everybody assuming they are going to have lesbian sex?? That's just wrong. On so many levels. I highly doubt that is going to happen- UNLESS you know that either your ex, or your girlfriend, is or ever was bi-sexual. THEN it is a legit possibility, and you're already screwed. 5- Don't tell her not to go over there, all it will do is push your girlfriend away. Instead, tell her that you think it's a great idea for her to go over there! When she asks why, say that naturally you 2 would have a lot in common, as they both dated you and your standards have stayed the same. Then mention (jokingly, in passing) that if she mentions anything you've done bad, that of course it's just going to be her side of the story, and to feel 100% free to talk to you about anything she said (in a group) to have it resolved. Afterwards (so you don't look like you are bashing her) say "but she's a really good woman, honest. I don't think she'd do something like that." That way your girlfriend will think of YOU as the good guy, and HER as the girl who defied your expectations and betrayed you... instead of the other way around. Get it?
The point of the "Ex" in Ex-wife is that she is no longer your wife. Therefore, you do not need to introduce your girlfriend to her. YDI for introducting them.
That's not realistic, nor really right. What happened between him and his ex wife isn't really much of the girlfriends business besides the cursory basics. The perspective will be skewed from either side as well. It's not keeping secrets. It is not rehashing the past. Keeping a secret in this case would be to not tell her he was married before or that he had a kid. Not telling stories about his previous marriage is a different animal all together. As someone who is remarried, I can attest that there is nothing good out of going over your previous marriage and it gets you nothing in the end. If you've moved on then you should leave the details in the past.
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conceded = conceited?
200, Wouldn't it be a grammar nazi? He did spell the work correctly, he just misused the word.