Category: Co-Parenting with a FW
Cheating Ex Wants to Tell 6-Year-Old ‘We Were Unhappy’
Dear Chump Lady, This summer, I confronted my (ex) wife of 9 years about a single friend (and coworker) that she was spending a lot …
UBT: Cheater Demands There Be NO Awkwardness
Dear Chump Lady, Please help me read between the lines if a recent ouch letter my ex sent me. He says he doesn’t want awkwardness …
UBT: I’m Sorry for How I Treated You
Hey Chump Lady, You helped me out before, when I was wallowing in “why her?” And now I’m very confident in my BIFF (brief, informative, …
Should I Encourage My Children’s Relationship with Their Gay Dad?
Hi Chump Lady, Just listened to your podcast interview with Kristin on OurPath. Thanks for being candid and sharing your wisdom. You are an inspiration! …
Friends with Your Ex Triumphalism
If you’ve ever been on an infidelity or single parent support forum, you know this person. Some poor member will share their raw grief about …
Why Does My Ex Want to Be Friends?
Dear Chump Lady, Can you please tell me why cheaters so badly want to remain friends? A little background information — my ex-husband and I …
Carolyn Hax’s ‘Bitter Woman’ Pile On
It’s not your imagination that chumps are portrayed as bitter, controlling and deserve to be cheated on. Anyone catch last Sunday’s Carolyn Hax column pillorying a woman …
Child Support Enforcement Can Bite Me
In the United States, child support enforcement is a joke. How big of a joke? A $113.5 billon joke. That’s the amount of promised — …
Should I Reach Out to the OW?
Dear Chump Lady, My ex-husband had a year-long affair while on a military deployment. He came back to our hometown back in July and we …
UBT: ‘I in no way want be looked at as a home wrecker’
Hi Chump Lady, My ex was a serial cheater, cheated on me our entire 7 year relationship (7 years together married for 4; 2014-2021), even …
Olivia Newton John’s Unwavering Positivity
Olivia Newton John, the Australian singer, passed away this week and by all accounts she was a class act — gracious, professional, philanthropic. (She left …
Ex Insists Their Son Call OW ‘Mummy’
Hi Chump Lady, I’m in need of advice. The ex and I have been divorced for a year and a half. Usual story, he cheated …
I’m a Civil Co-Parent. Isn’t That Enough?
Dear Chump Lady, I was married for 7 years and turns out had a sham marriage and was chumped throughout and left for younger OW. …
Ex Thinks They Must Have a ‘Relationship’ for Their Daughter
Hi Chump Lady, Stress chump here. So for anyone who doesn’t know my story – I’m in the Armed Forces and my wife of 6 …
UBT: ‘Respect My Relationship with the OW’
Dear Chump Lady, I’ve been divorced from my lying cheating ex since January 2016 after I found out he was cheating on me with his client. …
When Your Kids Want You to ‘Get Over It’
Dear Chump Lady, Things are going very well post divorce. Everyone has moved on and both the ex and I are remarried to great people. …
‘Hero’ Cheater Is a Deadbeat
Dear Chump Lady, December marks three years since D-Day with the 21-year-old babysitter (among others). We had been together for 5 years, married for 2. …
Ex Tells People She’s ‘Liberated from a Loveless Marriage’
Dear Chump Lady, After being quarantined with Covid for the month of November 2020 my wife came home and announced that she wanted a divorce. …
How Do I Set Boundaries with My Kids About My Ex?
Dear Chump Lady, My cheating ex-wife avoids me. We don’t speak on the phone. And she does not go to events with our kids if …
Should I Send a Father’s Day Card?
Dear Chump Lady, I’m struggling right now because Father’s Day is coming. My dad is dead and I am nearly divorced from my husband. I …
