JoJo...thank you for coming into my thread and leaving your thoughts and prayers.

We've all been children at one point in our lives and all of us know what scared us...what made us happy...what made us sad. So many of us recall times we wished a parent had a catch with us, or took us some place that we had so much fun, or brushed our brow when we had fever.....

For the life of me, I can't understand why so many spouse's who brought children into the world, fail to see the importance that two parents play in the life of a child. The screaming, pawn playing, denigration of the other parent.....why?

Why?

Since this all started, I have met several women who were divorced, one of whom sat on an airplane flight next me. Most were burned pretty badly by a cheating husband. Yet, all of them pushed their kids to be with their father....gave instructions, updates, schedules to the fathers...realized that, in spite of how they treated them, recognized the importance of the father, etc.

That..is courage.

So JoJo, I am committed to stay a stabilizing and loving father in the lives of my children. I'm sure that they can see that I don't lose my temper against XW, nor call her names in front of them, etc. XW has a busy life schedule ahead of her and, I hope, as is the case with her son, finds me to be a cheaper babysitter.

FIB

Me 55; XW 47; 2 kids (S13, D11)
Bomb 05/19/06 Original thread http://tinyurl.com/yg2ou2t
Last anniversary 04/25/10, Divorced 5/12/10
Status: Loving father of 2 beautiful children;