So staying over at my new (well 4-6 months, depending how you count it) partner's at the weekend and his DS14 popped round using his key to pick something up - there's 50/50 custody and it sounds like there's regular dropping off / picking up of stuff by DP, his ex and the 2 children so not unusual that he'd come round.
But, I was sat in the kitchen, his Dad was just getting out the shower so not in the room and here's a 14 year old typically awkward teen facing a strange woman in his Dad's kitchen! He's told them he's dating and not much more and he's certainly not told his ex as things are seemingly very delicate there despite it being 3.5yrs since she moved out during /:after her affair. I obviously said Hello, nice to meet you, his Dad a few minutes later when his son had picked up what he wanted then introduced us by name.
Apparently the son hasn't said anything since but I feel like it was really awkward and dreading meeting him again as I don't think it was a terribly good first meeting! Has anyone survived an impromptu meeting of kids and its gone OK subsequently? We have 4 boys between us aged 11-14 and we have talked about introducing each other to each others children and then later the children could allmeet but for us this was a 2024 timescale not last week!