Yeah, sharing honestly with your family about bringing the GF to a family reunion before you brought her [well before] would have been a sincere caring action, and then taking it from there. I got divorced and remarried and children and ex's [all of us] do take alot of time to understand and heal. Accomodation and ongoing support for others is vitally important for the best outcomes, imo. We gain nothing within families when our actions don't back up our words of caring. I would know.
Hey, congrats on your 15 days! Hope things go better for you moving forward. We all make mistakes, you know.
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