Felix

Hey, how you doing?

Hey, how you doing?

Doing well.

Doing well.

What's up? Thanks for taking my call. I'm curious to get your thoughts on this.

What's up? Thanks for taking my call. I'm curious to get your thoughts on this.

So I'll start with my question, then we can get into the background.

So I'll start with my question, then we can get into the background.

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.

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.

Yeah.

Yeah.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Please do.

Please do.

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.

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.

Sure. Yeah. Oh yeah. She's trying to find some autonomy. A thousand percent.

Sure. Yeah. Oh yeah. She's trying to find some autonomy. A thousand percent.

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.

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.

Yeah, 100%.

Yeah, 100%.

Oh yeah, a thousand percent.

Oh yeah, a thousand percent.

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.

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.

Okay. They're not ready for that.

Okay. They're not ready for that.

Oh, that's heavy.

Oh, that's heavy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

A thousand percent.

A thousand percent.

Okay, for sure.

Okay, for sure.

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.

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.

Oh, I love that.

Oh, I love that.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Exactly. Yep.

Exactly. Yep.

Thank you so much. We are too.

Thank you so much. We are too.

We have, yeah.

We have, yeah.

Yeah, so we just hit the first year mark on October 4th.

Yeah, so we just hit the first year mark on October 4th.

Yes.

Yes.

I'm not looking forward to that.

I'm not looking forward to that.

A thousand percent.

A thousand percent.

I'll do that. A thousand percent.

I'll do that. A thousand percent.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Hey, how you doing?

Doing well.

What's up? Thanks for taking my call. I'm curious to get your thoughts on this.

So I'll start with my question, then we can get into the background.

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.

Yeah.

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.

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.

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?

Please do.

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.

Sure. Yeah. Oh yeah. She's trying to find some autonomy. A thousand percent.

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.

Yeah, 100%.

Oh yeah, a thousand percent.

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.

Okay. They're not ready for that.

Oh, that's heavy.

Yeah.

A thousand percent.

Okay, for sure.

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.

Oh, I love that.

Absolutely.

Exactly. Yep.

Thank you so much. We are too.

We have, yeah.

Yeah, so we just hit the first year mark on October 4th.

Yes.

I'm not looking forward to that.

A thousand percent.

I'll do that. A thousand percent.

Yes, sir.