Leah

It's going good, Nick.

My name's Leah.

I'm 39 years old, and this is my partner, Cole, and he's 35.

I'm wondering how to show up in my current relationship when my partner's history and past relationship keep showing up.

We've been together for about a year and a half now, and it's a lot to do with his past relationship with his ex-wife.

Yeah.

So we met about a year and a half ago.

We both have children.

So it was a bit of a blended mix from the beginning.

But when I first met him, he was still living with his ex-wife at the time.

They had been divorced legally for a number of months, but we're still living together.

And so I feel like in the beginning, it set the precedence that

There was still some unfinished business, but the connection between us was really strong.

And I think we both just kind of honed in on that.

And I feel like for a long time, I ignored a lot of the so-called red flags or gut feelings that there was some unfinished business on the other side.

So she can be very manipulative and controlling when it comes to navigating co-parenting and that stuff.

And so...

It's just interfered in our relationship with our plans and ability for me to trust that I'm the priority in our relationship and how to move forward with that in our lives.

Sure.

Yeah.