A mom is best friends with her ex-husband’s new wife and says they are so close they help each other wax.
Haley Neill, 35, had been married to Josh Braswell, 37, for six years when the couple decided they were better off as friends.
They have three children together – Brody, 15, Brylee, 13, and Brantlee, 9 – and were determined to be good co-parents.
When Morgan Braswell, 31, met Josh later that year, Haley was immediately open to letting a new woman into the family.
Morgan and Josh tied the knot eight years ago and now have three children together – Brooks, seven, Brady, six, and Briar, four.
Haley – who has since met her husband Jason, 44 – felt closer to Morgan when she became a mom and now considers her a best friend.
The pals hang out together with their kids, say no topic of conversation is off limits, and Morgan even waxes Haley.
Strangers online even comment on how similar they both look, saying Josh clearly has a “type.”
Haley, a brand manager at a bank, from Magnolia, Arkansas, US, said: “It’s rare for us to go a day without seeing each other.
“I talk to her more than any of my friends.
“We have so much in common.”
“She waxes me – that’s how comfortable we are.”
Morgan, a teacher, said: “We’ll talk about anything.
“We talk about problems – anything.
“People flip out because we look alike.
“It makes it fun – everyone says he has a type.”
When Haley and Josh, a loader at a refinery, separated in June 2014, she was determined to be a “healthy blended family” after coming from a split family herself.
Haley said: “That’s my main motivation.
“My parents won’t be in the same room.
“We were meant to be friends.
“We got pregnant and rushed to get married.
“When we separated we became friends again.”
Morgan met Josh in November 2014 through Snapchat – as she was friends with his cousin and her name popped up on his account.
Morgan said: “He Snapchatted me and thought I was cute.
“After the first time I hung out with him I left for Disneyland and he said ‘we’re going to take the kids there one day’.”
Morgan and Josh quickly hit it off and Haley was immediately welcoming.
Haley said: “It wasn’t like I still wanted the marriage.
“She didn’t split up our marriage.
“We never disliked each other.”
Morgan added: “I was the other woman in her kids’ life. I give her props. I took her youngest daughter to get her ears pierced and she didn’t care.
“Stepmoms dream of this.”
The pals became even closer five years ago – when Morgan’s eldest, Brooks, was a toddler.
Haley said: “When she became a mom there was something different.
“I feel like she understood me.
“We had this connection. I started to be more comfortable with her.
“It was a really cool experience for me – my kids had a sibling. It was cool for me to see how much my kids loved their sibling.”
Now the friends hang out most days – living just 0.8 miles apart – and work out together, go to the pool, and take their children on holidays.
They even have the same style and interests.
Morgan said: “We have the same style. We’ve shown up in the same clothes before.
“We’re both a little crazy.
“We make a good match. Haley is a people pleaser and I’m going to say the things she’s not going to say.”
Haley met her husband, Jason, a salesman, in September 2018, and the whole family will often hang out together – going to ball games together.
The blended family doesn’t spend Christmas together because Haley’s family is dotted all over the States, but they will see each other in the festive season.
Haley said: “I wanted them [the kids] to have a healthy blended family.
“I wanted them to see that you can all get along.
“Years ago I was on the phone to Morgan and Brody said ‘are you best friends?’.
“At the time I said ‘no we’re just friends’. But now we’re best friends.”
Now the pals each feel they have a “bonus mom” for their children.
Morgan said: “I feel like I’m Haley kids’ bonus mom.”
Haley said: “Morgan is like a sister.
“Josh and I never got along well. We were just waiting for Morgan.”
