Finding DB late in the game #4

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Last story about my MIL, but thought this to be more pertinent because it happened more recently and it involves my H. My H is the middle child, the stable one, almost a partner-like figure. H has two brothers, one eight years older, one eight years younger. His younger brother has big problems, not the least of which is a drug/alcohol problem. His brother was 16 when we moved out to California, which just freaked his Mom out. She came out to visit us over T-day and the first night H asked his mom how his younger brother was doing. She replied, "Oh, E got kicked out of high school for truancy." H asked what E had to say about it, "Oh, I don't know, he didn't come home last night. I HAD to come visit you just I just left him a note and we'll talk about it upon my return." ggrrr

So my H thinks his kids have a fine deal. When I said that it's not fair to the kids to have divorced parents, that they will do best with an intact family, his response was once, "Well, they'll have two parents, and that's better than what I had and I'm fine." (He had had one email exchange with his father three years ago, their only contact in his entire life.)