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Appearances
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
What's up? Thanks for taking my call. I'm curious to get your thoughts on this.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
So I'll start with my question, then we can get into the background.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
All right. So the question is, when and how do I go about introducing my kids to my mother-in-law's new boyfriend? So getting into the backstory, my father-in-law took his life last October. Oh, man, I'm sorry. Jeez. Thank you. It's been a really, really difficult year. What was his name? Bill.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Thank you so much. It's been a very difficult year for us, and our whole world has just completely flipped upside down. And it's been a process. I have a four-year-old son and an almost two-year-old son. And my mother-in-law started dating someone just before the year mark, which is difficult in and of itself.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
And now she's wanting us to meet him, but my husband and his siblings don't want to meet him. I don't necessarily want to introduce my kids to someone that will be in the picture for just a short time. I don't want them to get attached to someone when my four-year-old is still grieving. He's still... brings up his grandpa all the time, talks about him.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
And so I don't know if the right thing is to introduce or just, I don't even know. How do you know when you're ready?
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
But two of the siblings have been at the house when she has brought boyfriend over without permission. So my husband and his sister have met him without consent.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Sure. Yeah. Oh yeah. She's trying to find some autonomy. A thousand percent.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
You know, that's the interesting thing is we kind of have the best of both worlds. He doesn't want her to be alone, and so he's glad that she's with someone. But on the other hand, he doesn't want to see it, doesn't want to talk about it, doesn't want to be part of it.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Oh yeah, a thousand percent.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
So that being said, I love all that. And a thousand percent, we'll do that. That being said, my husband kind of thinks that the kids won't remember even if we introduce mom's boyfriend.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Okay. They're not ready for that.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Oh, yeah, yeah. I don't know this man, and I don't. I don't have any interest in introducing my kids anytime soon.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Thank you so much. We are too.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
Yeah, so we just hit the first year mark on October 4th.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
I'm not looking forward to that.
The Dr. John Delony Show
Our Marriage Is in Trouble After Only 5 Months . . .
I'll do that. A thousand percent.