Life will unroll the way it will, whether you're on top of it or managing it or protecting people from it. Your son, if he sees the photo, will feel real feelings about the truth of his family situation and that is not the worst thing in the world. He'll find out later and think he was lied to, or he'll find out now. Your job is to model and teach him how to feel his feelings and cope with them, your job isn't to stay a step ahead of him and keep him protected. That's what I've been told, since I have a 13yo and 15yo boy, and that's what I've been trying to do, even though it is hard. Their dad is who their dad is, not who I wanted them to have for a dad and tried to make everyone believe their dad was.
Adinva 51, S20, S18 M24 total 6/15/11-12/1/12 From IDLY to H moving out 9/15/15-3/7/17 From negotiating SA to final D at age 50 5/8/17-now: New relationship with an old friend __ Happiness is a warm puppy.
