Who Gets The Friends In The Divorce? The Answer Depends

Scary Mommy/GettyThe year was 2011. It was 9 a.m., and I had just dropped my 3-year-old daughter off at preschool. As I began pushing the stroller with baby number two along 3rd Avenue in New York City, I heard a male voice call my name. I turned around and saw him: my friend *Stephanie’s ex-husband *Eric. We hadn’t spoken since their divorce. My ex-husband and I met Stephanie and Eric in 2007 at a Musical Munchkins class on the Upper East Side, and it sparked a great friendship. A few years later, when I was pregnant with my second daughter, Stephanie came over to tell me she and Eric were di