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When divorced parents must collaborate for adult children's milestones

My daughter is getting married and my ex-husband and I have been divorced for fifteen years but we still can't be in the same room without all the old anger surfacing, and now we have to figure out how to not ruin her wedding with our unfinished business.

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Old wounds threaten to hijack a moment that belongs to the next generation, requiring former partners to find new ways of relating.

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