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When my son went to prison, his wife and I maintained a close relationship, even though they divorced. To their children, I am still "grandma" and to the ex-wife, I am still "Mom". I guess we didn't know how to switch comfortably to anything else. She has remarried now, but I'm still "Mom." I don't know what she calls her ...
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