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To want to meet my ex's partner

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ellerehj · 15/12/2021 18:15

If you had a child (5yo) going between households, would you want to meet your exes new partner?
I've been apart from my ex for nearly 3 years and with my new partner for 2. He's been with his new partner for around the same amount of time.
He said he never wants to meet my new partner. But if someone was spending time with your child. Wouldn't you want to meet them? Or AIBU

OP posts:
ToodlePipPop · 16/12/2021 07:59

[quote girlmom21]@ToodlePipPop if doesn't need to tell you anything - it's just good to put a face to a name and have a basic idea of a person, like when you meet your cousins new partner at a family gathering. [/quote]
And yet no one says "I would want to meet anyone spending time with my cousin!!".

I'd meet my cousin's partner organically. But I wouldn't be desperate to, or demanding it like some people do on these threads.

I do wonder what people mean when they say "just to have a conversation". It makes me think they will start telling the partner what they can/can't do with the children. Which really isn't about putting a face to a name, it's about making sure you've asserted yourself as the one in charge.

TurnUpTurnip · 16/12/2021 08:02

No I wouldn’t want to and I also wouldn’t let my ex meet any new partners I may have

NeverEnoughCats · 23/10/2022 20:55

No, not interested in meeting exH new partner (if he has one - it's none of my business). I wouldn't expect him to meet my partner, and I don't want to meet DP's ex either.

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