Hi, My XH was emotionally abandoned by mother and father. His father left when XH was 13 for OW and actually instructed XH to "help him pack" at that devastating moment out of the blue. This was followed by his passive aggressive mother completely losing it and wallowing so heavily in her own self pity she ignored XH. He has two older brothers but I think they were out or nearly out of the house by then. Nice, huh? I just read that article and though I knew this was the scenario with XH I always wondered why the abandoned then would go and abandon someone "good" themselves. I think my XH is the type that thrives on the drama of saving ie: the OW. Thanks for posting that article. GG aka LR
