thread: DP''s Ex - What Would Be An Emotionally Mature Way To Handle This?

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  1. #1

    Oct 2005
    A Nestle Free Zone... What about YOU?
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    Well it sounds like you have worked out what you feel best about.

    Just sleep on it a while. I have always found that it takes less energy to be nice than it does to be cross... I get the need to vent and let it out - I encourage it and I do it often! Sometimes though you can do it without needing to send it. If it's not going to be heard well, & if it inadvertently affects your DSD maybe just sleep on it and see how you feel in a few days... Good luck!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Nov 2009
    Scottish expat living in Geelong
    5,572

    If you do decide to email her, draft the message first and send it the next day, You may find a sleep will encourage you to reword it.

    My personal advice is to keep the email short and sweet. Do not mention her relationship with her DSD or what you think of her as a mother. That is too personal and will only make things difficult and possibly put your DSD in a difficult spot between the two of you. A simple "I really feel I have tried to keep things civilised between us, but I feel you are not meeting me halfway, so I think it best if you only deal with DP and DSD from now on.

    Good luck with this. It is so hard to have this conversation with someone but you will feel better afterwards

    T
    xx