My ex-husband and I divorced two years ago. We have two kids, 13 and 8. Last year, my ex got married again and his new wife wanted to be friends with our kids.
I didn’t object at all. Everything was fine, up until one day when I made a shocking discovery that my ex’s new wife has been lying to my daughter about me.
It started with something small. My 13-year-old, Maddy, came home one Sunday after spending the weekend with her dad.
She was quieter than usual. I asked if everything was okay, and she just nodded and went to her room.
That night, she didn’t ask for help with her homework like she usually does. She didn’t even come sit next to me during our usual movie night.
I figured she was just tired or going through something she didn’t want to talk about yet.
But then, over the next few weeks, it got worse. She began pulling away from me. At first, I thought it was just teenage stuff.
Hormones. Mood swings. But my son, Jamie, who’s 8, started acting strangely too.
He asked me out of the blue one day, “Mom, is it true you left us because you didn’t love us anymore?”
I froze.
“What? No, baby, why would you ask that?”
He looked down at his cereal. “Clara said so.”
Clara was my ex-husband’s new wife.
I felt my heart drop.
I kept my voice calm for Jamie’s sake, but inside I was fuming. Why would she say something like that to an 8-year-old? That wasn’t even remotely true.
I was the one who stayed. I fought for shared custody because I knew the kids needed both parents. The divorce wasn’t even messy.
We’d just grown apart. It had hurt, sure, but we tried to do everything right for the kids.
That night, I waited until the kids went to bed and I called my ex.
He picked up on the second ring. “Hey.
Everything okay?”
I kept it measured. “Has Clara been saying anything to the kids about me?”
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