Dan, I am pulling for you to get through this with minimal long term damage to the kids. Even after what my W has done to me, I still believe that it is in the best interest of the kids to have equal time between their mother and father. It truely sucks to be faced with the possibility that your kids may have a step-father in their future. I talked with my kids new step-dad (or is that step grand dad) to get a feel for what he is like and he seems ok (except for being a bastard wife stealer).