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How do you tell a 5 year old that you’ve split up with their dad?

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G33g · 20/12/2023 20:49

Me and my ex split up a couple of months ago. He’s been staying with his parents. We haven’t really told my daughter yet. She didn’t even notice any change at first because he was never home anyway (if it’s relevant, he was a useless, childish bastard) However now that I’ve ended the relationship he’s been making loads of effort to see the kids (dd5 and ds3). Now they ask for him all the time. It’s time to tell dd that he’s moved out, he wants to tell her that daddy wanted to stay but mummy doesn’t love him so he’s not allowed basically. I don’t think this is fair and I’d rather tell her that daddy moved out because mummy and daddy kept arguing. AIBU? He’s right, I don’t love him and he made me miserable so he had to go. But surely our 5 year old doesn’t need to know that?

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