And why say that you love her and want her to be happy? You love your kids and eating ice cream 24/7 would "make them happy", but you wouldn't endorse it, would you?
Because he does still love her and wants her to be happy. No need to lie to the children. Sure you wouldn't want to feed your kids ice cream 24/7, but he has no control over what his W is doing. He never said that he wanted the D. I think they will understand where he is coming from.
