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Okay, is this going to be a makeup or a breakup? If you were in this situation, and we definitely do know that little kid's lips sink ships,

and it might have just sunk a marriage here.

It says my boyfriend and I have a four-year-old together,

and he works from home talking about the boyfriend, not the little kid.

So I go to the office every day, but lately my kid is talking to me about, quote,

the friend who is coming over to play when mommy's at work.

Uh-oh, mommy.

So naturally, I asked my boyfriend, I'm like, who's this friend that our child is talking about? And he's like, oh, you know, I'm telling him stories every day, and I've created this whole cast of characters, and I'm reading stories in different voices, and that's just who, you know, he's talking about. He's talking about one of the characters. Now, the thing was, I was really looking at my boyfriend when he gave me this answer,

and he was quick.

He was confident.

And he even explained the whole storyline he created, and it sounded pretty sweet and harmless. And so I'm like, all right, well, maybe I was kind of silly to even think that something could be up. But when I brought this up to my girlfriends, of course, they're like, oh, girl, uh-huh, uh,

he is chain. This friend is not imaginary. And so now they've planted all these ideas in my head

and I'm thinking the worst again. And I'm kind of spiraling, even though everything at home seems to be

totally normal. He's very involved. He's

present. He loves our kid. There's no other red flags. Now, he did stray a couple years ago,

but since then, things have been very solid. I see him putting in the effort. I don't want to be

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