anyone else know anyone like this

red_devil

A lady i know left her husband for someone else in the 80s two grown up children. To this day she and ex are still very friendly. She has remarried twice since. He has never.

They ho out together as a family lots, her, her husband, and the ex and the kids and grandkids. They have even been away together on holiday.

They have all been together at christmas.

Do you know anyone like this. Seems rather rare.

krustylouise

Yes. Ex mil has been married 4 times. She has 4 children to 3 of them. They all get together at parties and Christmas etc. they even took a "comical" photo of her with all her husbands and all had a laugh at it. Personally I think it's weird, but each to their own.

hazyjo

My friend split with her husband several years ago (he left her for one of her best mates but they're no longer together). They have a son together and go on holiday, the three of them, every year (have done for at least four years)! They spent Christmas together.

She's sort of seeing someone else (complicated!) and I think he's single atm.

I left my husband and started seeing someone else (local, round the corner) pretty much straight away. My ex and my BF were very good friends and my ex would often pop round my BF's flat (where I was more or less living) with drinks for us, or we'd all drink together in the pub. My BF and I would stay at my old house (where my ex lived until it was sold) whenever my ex went away for a weekend or to stay with his GF.

All very strange. But we realised we were friends rather than lifelong partners. No kids.

He still texts/rings me or my BF occasionally although we're no longer local - and I don't think his GF wants him to stay friends with either of us so it's dwindled since she's been on the scene.

Jx

red_devil

Ive wondered do her husbands mind or do they did they get no choice.

honeypop

My dads 2nd wife and his new partner (after split with 2nd wife) became good friends as there was a lot of contact due to kids with 2nd wife, and they used to go out together, my dad and new partner even went on holidays with ex-wife, kids, and her new partner and new child. All very happily.

My sister has child with ex-husband, they go on days out all together with her partner joining them, and now with new baby too.

I think it's nice for the kids to see everyone getting on in this sort of situation. When I was younger, there was no way my mum and dad would even be in the same location without gritted teeth.

tea_lover

A friend of mine has parents like this. They divorced when she was quite young as one of them left for someone else (can't remember which one). They're both remarried and the four of them are great friends, they holiday together and are always together at christmas etc.

Person_one

Demi Moore and Bruce Willis?

paulineb_2

I dont think its rare, its better than people being at one anothers throats.

smartpicture

My ex-husband pops round for a few hours a couple of times a week, spends every Christmas with us, has been on holiday with us, see's more of my family than I do and has a key to my house so he can let himself in.

We had kids together, so he was always going to be part of my life if we put the kids first, which was important to both of us. Don't see what the problem is - he's just like a brother to me now. We have well-adjusted kids who have benefited from having both parents in their lives in whatever way they need, and that's a heck of a lot better than them having no father or two parents who hate each other.

I've had boyfriends since we split, and they've liked my ex and gone to footy and concerts with him. Only one had a problem with it and said I couldn't have anything to do with him, so I told the boyfriend to take a hike because to me the ex is family and always will be, and I wouldn't accept a boyfriend trying to stop me seeing any member of my family.