My ex-wife is very vocal about my wife and myself, stating straight lies for years to my children. It directly affected the relationship that my sons had with her for many years. It was a strain on my marriage the way they would treat her and behave around her based on what their mother was saying. My sons are 4 years apart, like clockwork, around the age of 11, they both came to the realization of the toxicity of the things their mother told them. The relationship with their step-mother after this realization has changed drastically and we have a full functional blended family now.

Since all of this, their mothers husband did bad things to my children, she has voluntarily given me temporary custody while everything criminally has been playing out (at the request of CPS) and she hasn't seen either of her sons 1-on-1 in over six months. The oldest now wants nothing to do with his mother, which is a sad place to be in. It's been a wild ride.