We have kids, and I hate that they are forced to see their mother in this state. This is why I'm leaving. My kids are learning a very warped version of motherhood and womanhood. I get questions from my teenage daughter ("is mom cheating on you?" she asked...)
This is exactly what I deal with too - how do you answer a question like this it is disheartening!
While wife and I both work, 95% of the parenting has been done by me until very recently. Wife has had an active social life. I should have anticipated this question, but it blew me straight out of the water. It came last October...
D15 finds things (gifts/souvenirs from other men, sexy underwear, etc.) and points them out to me now. I think she's playing a game of it. She's also sympathetic. She gives me hugs and sits with me in the evenings. It's sorta cute.
At the same time it's disturbing. I'm wondering what sort of role model I've been to put up with this idiocy, what she's learning about men and women and marriage. As Gnosis and many others have said, I need to take my own balls in hand and stand up for myself, for their sakes if not my own.
M:40 W:40 2 teenagers ILYBNILWY: 09 January 2010 soon to be walking away my situation
