Hi all, please be gentle in your responses as I am very stressed about this, as you can imagine...
My DD is going on a one-week holiday in August with my XH, his new partner and their new baby, plus another of her children from a previous relationship.
My concerns are around his new partner, who has an incident in her history with social services. As you can imagine, I am very worried. Understatement.
I have met her and she seems quite vulnerable and has clearly had a tough life, but I have nightmares about her pushing my DD off a cliff (I know, I sound bonkers) and it is starting to really stress me. I don't think XH knows about social services history (I found out not through very respectable means), and after much deliberation, I decided not to tell XH as l don't think he would believe me and I would just look vindictive.
I feel like I can't do what I naturally want to do as a mother to protect my child. She is 6. I don't want her to go, but I cannot stop it, I know this.
Please be kind in your replies and please try and give me practical, positive advice as I feel very stressed about this. Don't comment please if you are going to be unhelpful, as I really don't think I can deal with that right now.
Thanks.