I've Come Full Circle #27

[hoosiermama]

They want to be together? Fine. That has nothing to do with my children. And if he keeps pushing it on them, I think they will resent having it shoved down their throats as they grow up.

I find it incredible that a formerly-cheating father would want to include their affair partners in their kids' lives, anyway. Then again, I have no idea how they manage to look their own kids in the eyes when they see them, or face themselves in the mirror, either. These people have no shame.

Donna--fwiw, that's exactly what has happened with my D13. After months of having OW and her family pushed on her, being required to babysit for the grandson, and feeling like her father's "4th child" (as opposed to his only one)--this former daddy's girl no longer gets along with him at all. She greatly resents being forced into relationships, and we are closer than before because she "needs one sane parent" (her words). Yes, our children are wiser than we realize, and just because they can look their children in the face doesn't mean that they want to look their fathers in the face.