A few tough questions for PatientMan tonight before I tucked in all my ladies.

-D3 asked if I was sleeping there.
-D7 asked if the divorce XW and I got was the kind where she was going to have to have a step-dad.
-D7 recalled a conversation she had with W and me a few years ago about another family that we knew that was going through a divorce at the time. She accurately remembered that W and I assured her she didn't have to worry about anything like that - that we were a happy family.

Ds - all of them - have been very open to me over the last 6 months or so. It makes me happy that they trust me with their thoughts and feelings, but the questions are still tough. And though she has her own struggles with them that I am not dealing with (given I live under a different roof) I don't think they trust XW the same way, so she hasn't had to field these types of inquiries which sometimes feel like body blows accumulating in a boxing match.

So as not to go to sleep on such a somber note, I'll share a guilty pleasure of mine: I enjoy eating chocolate while watching The Biggest Loser.

-PM

M:12y - BD:12/11 - D:6/13 - 4Ds

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -MLK Jr.