Welcome back to The Handover at the School Gate. I am Devon, and this week we are talking about the moment a new partner enters the picture. In 2023 my ex-wife told me she wanted the kids to meet someone. I said all the right things. I said I was happy for her, and that we should go slowly, and that the kids come first. All true. Inside, I was a mess for about a month, and I think it is worth saying that out loud, because a lot of you are living it right now. Today I have Sam and Leila, who spent a full year introducing a stepdad, and Jordan, who is 19 and met his stepdad at ten and remembers every detail, including the ones the adults thought they had hidden. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.