“Life as a Single Parent Part 2 – Dealing with a Relationship”

Xavier, Yohan, & Zaline

Zaline and Xavier had been married for 11 years and now divorced for 4 years.  They have 3 kids together.  For the past 3 ½ years their relationship has been rather amicable to say the least. 

Xavier was often involved in his children lives despite the fact their mother has custody.  As a matter of fact, Xavier had been in and out relationships that never really interfered with his relationship with Zaline or the kids.  Well…..that was until Zaline met Yohan a Real Estate Broker that took a serious interest in her.

Zaline and Yohan had been dating about 4 months when Xavier found out after overhearing one of the kids boast about him.  Xavier questioned his kids about their mother’s relationship with Yohan.  All the kids agreed Yohan was a really nice guy that seemed to make their mother happy.  This angered Xavier probably because he knew  Zaline was a good woman that he messed up on.  Despite his relationships with others, he still had a great deal of love in his heart for Zaline and of course he couldn’t see another man coming in and playing father to his kids, particularly one they all seemed to like.

He approached Zaline about this in a rather hostile manner and of course she told him her relationship with someone else was not his business.  Their only involvement is about the concerns of the children and that’s it!  This too angered Xavier to the point it caused baby daddy drama to her relationship with Yohan.

This became so intense for Yohan until he was reconsidering the relationship.  Zaline assured him that she could handle the situation which gave him the confidence to not give up the good things they shared together.

After a while, Xavier got involved into another relationship and cooled down when he realized Zaline was not threatened by his foolishness in trying to control her when she has no obligation to him outside of their children.

The Question is: Did Zaline handle her business by telling Xavier her affairs outside of their children were in fact, none of his business?

Which brings us to tonight’s topic: “Life as a Single Parent Part 2 – Finding the road that leads to a balance – Dealing with a Relationship…….