On Friday, I posted about how I was practically sick at the thought of having to meet my father's wife: https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/67800063.aspx
It all went better than expected. She's actually nice, although part of me still shudders to say that since it's not like I plan to hang out with her all the time now. Between DH, DS and my brother, there were enough buffers that we didn't have to get into any deep conversations over breakfast. I still can't ever envision how I'd put her and my mother in the same room for any type of family gathering, but baby steps, I suppose. We went from their house to my mom's, and I was just waiting for DS to start talking about his new friend, but thankfully, he didn't mention her, so that was one less stressor too.
You know what I think would be great, in an ideal world? If divorced parents never shared any of their crap with their kids. Then there wouldn't be grown children who had to worry about making peace with weird family dynamics.
Re: So it was better than expected (NBR)
I hope. I just feel like there was so much stress and drama for so long that I'm ready to embrace a new chapter of life.