What you wrote is so true. Some people just seem to sell their soul to the devil. We can't control them and it is so painful to watch.

Sometimes instead of getting into a long and lengthy explanation about "what daddy does". I just say, "everyone makes their own choices and lately daddy has been making many wrong ones" My kids seem to appreciate the candidness of this response without bashing ex.

Me: 46 H:44
Together: 25 years
Married: 20 years
Separated: 11-30-06 Divorced 12-21-07
OW: EA began 2005
PA began end of 2006
3 children,20, 16, 6
ex asked for forgiveness
01/16/11