A listener writes in with this dilemma asking for your advice:
30 year old single guy, my now ex-wife filed for divorce 5 years ago after a relatively short 3 year marriage. Over the summer I ran into my ex’s sister who is single and everything my ex wasn’t. She’s positive, fun to be with and seems to be very interested in me. What started as an innocent friendship and reconnection is now on the verge of becoming a serious relationship. I want to continue this relationship but my ex, as you can imagine, has real problems with it. She’s obsessed with telling her family and all our friends how upset we’re making everyone.
I told my parents about the commotion from my ex, and they’re completely fine with my dating her sister. They referred to my ex as acting like a dog in a manger and I had to look that up.. it’s an old fable about someone who “wants to prevent someone from enjoying something that they can’t enjoy themselves.”
Since there are no kids involved, I’m completely fine with it. I figure after five years and since she was the one who quit the marriage she doesn’t get a say anymore. I wonder if your listeners have any advice as to whether we should continue to see each other since it’s causing so much consternation?
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