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Why your replacement can trigger unexpected grief

My ex-husband remarried and his new wife is everything I wasn't and my children love her and I'm happy for them but it breaks my heart

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children's attachment to a step-parent can simultaneously represent healing and a painful reminder of one's own inadequacies.

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Worth thinking about

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