My best friend and I share the same ex-husband. We call ourselves ex-wives-in-law.

The author (right) found a connection in an unlikely place: her ex-husband's new wife, who later became his ex as well. Courtesy of Julie Peck. People often assume that my best friend and I are sisters, but our connection is a little different. She's the now ex-wife of my ex-husband, though we connected while they were still together. She has become my person, the one I turn to in good times and bad. When my best friend Shelley and I are out together, people often ask if we are sisters, even though we look nothing alike. Shelley has dark hair, dark eyes, and very fair skin, and while I also have fair skin, I'm a blue-eyed blonde. We get the question so frequently that it's almost comedic. "No," we tell whoever is asking, "we're ex-wives-in-law."