My background
I come from a seperated family yes. I have a younger brother and my mom and dad split up when I was 18 ( I am now 24) I had a really difficult time when they originally split but since have grown to love my mom's new boyfriend. My dad cheated and left my family for the woman he is with today - so my relationship with them has always been a challenge. My brother and I have also always been extremely close to my mom so we are definitely more distant from my dad.
I would love to be open to the idea of being "friends' with my boyfriends ex - however she hates him, me, and the world in general, and is not a very nice person. She often uses his daughter as a pawn to get what she wants and has no interest in accepting me in her daughter's life.
I really do hope that time will make this all better and I know that once we have a family of our own things will be very different however I don't know if we will make it there if we continue down this path. I am hurting him and I need to stop soon before I lose him completely.