{"id":284,"date":"2010-02-12T23:39:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T06:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2010-04-28T17:09:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T00:09:52","slug":"a-mother-confused-writes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/a-mother-confused-writes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Mother Confused&#8221; writes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A Mother Confused&#8221; writes&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nJenny,<\/p>\n<p>I am a 19 year old mother of two boys. My ex and I are not together. We actually kind of still despise each other because of our past-he cheated on me. Our son&#8217;s 3rd birthday is coming up so I told him we should have a party and his girlfriend would be invited (the one he cheated on me with and then cheated on her with me). They have a daughter together and that&#8217;s my son&#8217;s sister, but he doesn&#8217;t want to have the party because the kids are two weeks apart and he doesn&#8217;t want his girlfriend to know he cheated. But if she was to come to the party, it&#8217;s not like there&#8217;s going to be a confrontation. What do you think I should do?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Mother Confused&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Response&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nDear Mother Confused,<\/p>\n<p>I think you should have a nice kids&#8217; birthday party for your son and invite all his friends. Have balloons and cake and make it a fun day for your 3-year old. Leave the adults out of it. If you &#8220;despise&#8221; your ex, why in the world would you want to have the party with him? And his girlfriend? I don&#8217;t get it. Your son is three and the girlfriend doesn&#8217;t know what&#8217;s up? I would stay away from her and her daughter and not think of the kids as brother and sister. 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