Column | Carolyn Hax: Abusive ex is her kids’ dad. Her new man declines to meet him.
- Posted on January 16, 2026
- By Washington Post
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Column | Carolyn Hax: Abusive ex is her kids’ dad. Her new man declines to meet him.

Letter writer’s kids want her new man at their events, but he said he would have “a very hard time being civil” to their father.