TL:DR Ex wife telling son new baby won't be 'real' sibling
Hello, myself and my husband recently got married and are expecting a baby boy. We've been together 2 years. He has a son (7) who I adore and get along with really well. His ex wife (split up for 6 years) has custody 4 days of the week. I have not met or talked to the ex as she doesn't feel she needs to meet me but she has told her son some untrue negative things in the past about our relationship. Husband asked her not to say one of the things again and we left it at that. We absolutely don't want to have any drama and never say anything negative about the ex.
However recently she has told her son that the baby I'm expecting will not be his real brother and will only be his half brother. She said that if it was her baby (if she had a child with someone new) it would be his full brother but since it's only the father's (my husband's) it's not a real brother. That's the weird part and the lie.
The son was excited about his new baby brother until we told the ex wife and he has new concerns (brother will be mean to him etc.) recently.
We have told the son that it will be his full brother, same as if his mom was to have another child, but I don't know if we should ask the ex wife to stop saying that he will not be his real brother. I want to avoid all drama etc and realize some people just don't ever accept ex spouses moving on, I just don't know if us having to reinforce the fact that the son and new baby will be 'real' siblings every time the son comes back from the ex is the best idea.
Basically are we making the right choice in not mentioning this to the ex wife and just reinforcing that the son and baby will be 'real' siblings?
Submitted July 24, 2020 at 08:43AM by Ok-Conversation1683 https://ift.tt/2CBQ2SZ
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