He's a bright kid
After Beth dropped the boy of at school yesterday, she called to tell me something.
“I asked him if it bothered him that Mom and Dad weren’t sleeping together.”
He said it did a little, and then he asked if we were getting divorced.
Beth said that she didn’t know, and did he know what divorce meant.
“Yes,” he said, “it’s when people turn their back on each other.” And he showed her with his hands.
That will be a nice starting point for our conversation with him.
I think though — I hope — that he sees that he is going to be taken care of and that he will always be able to be with both of us. I know it’ll be difficult for him, but…