Its a true gift to be given that option for 100% of the time; most men sadly will not have that option due to the legal system.
This is so true. The odds are so stacked against men. It is truly unfair. A bad parent is a bad parent, doesn't matter whether they are male or female, because both sides have representation. There has got to be a better way to find what's really best for the kids. I was lucky. My STBXW didn't want them. I like to believe that part of my DBing -which was letting go of the rope and focusing on the kids- led her to at least figure out they were better off with me. But then again - that's a perfect world. The reality is that they were just in her way to being this new free and independent person.
M 43 W 44 M 17 T 22 S16,12,9 Bomb 2/05/08 I served her 1/06/09 S'd 3/15/09 D'd 12/21/09
"Tough times don't last, tough people do." --My Dad to me years ago, me to my boys now.