Since I have very little insight into my ex-wife's life I can't answer directly.
But from reading other stories, our lost lambs often re-invent themselves in odd ways. Also, I understand that it is "very" common for new relationships, especially those that don't have a strong foundation to have a baby to bind them together. Whether that actually works or not is a subject for debate.
I've read a bunch of stories for example where a formerly frigid partner becomes a nymphomaniac. My ex trod that path at least for a while.
Can they, and do they fundamentally change who they are? Personally I doubt it. What does change though is how we see them from the perspective of distance and time. Also, many of our former partners have worn masks of a sort to be attractive to others.
Is the doting father the real him? You'll never know. And at this point, it doesn't matter.
Enjoy your new life and try to only look forward. I know it's hard.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells
