Thanks for your post. I know that, and YOU know that, but young people today ( don't I sound like a G-mother) just want to take the easy way out. I believe they call it a throw-away society. If this doesn't work, throw it out and get a new one. This may be TMI, but my D22, the bipolar one, has had such low self esteem, no matter how we've tried, she has messed around and caught HPV. Not that that couldn't have happened with one person, but it didn't in this case, and I know it. And the heartbreaking thing is she is a beautiful girl. I am told that all the time. She just wants to please and feel loved, but no one can love her enough. It's very sad.
I have been divorced and on my own with young children. I know it's no carnival ride, from the mom's perspective. And hearing from the men on this board, I see that at least for some men, it's no carnival ride for them either. I hurt for my kids, but at least it is taking my focus off of my H, who has more or less taken himself out of the picture where the kids are concerned.
