History in the making

This does happen in families. My brother married four times. All three previous wives remained close to our family, and told us exactly what you just said, that they were divorcing my brother, but not the rest of the family.

It is a bit humorous at times. My kids numbered their aunts, “Aunt 1, 2, 3 & 4.” Hahaha. All would show up at the hospital when my father was sick and the nurses had a difficult time trying to sort out family members! LOL 😆 I had to tell them not to try and sort of my family members.

The previous wives sent Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards to my parents, birthday cards to my girls, attended dinners and parties at my house, at the same time as my brother and wife number 4! Wife number 1 and wife number 3 even travel together and evacuated hurricane Katrina together ! Crazy to some, but normal for our family!

Not all divorces end horribly. Some people do live in harmony and continue with the bonds that are formed. We have a blended family and I keep in touch with everyone. My brother’s previous wives who had children before marriage with their ex husbands still call me aunt and visit my home. I love that I inherited nieces and nephews!

Happy that your situation with your mother in law remained loving, FF