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Thursday, July 22, 2010

You married your husband, not your kids.

House of Hurt: 'Separated' Couple Stuck Living Together Through Divorce

Initially as the viewer you think it is about a divorcing couple who can't sell the house. Really it's about a woman, who left her husband for her kids. She demands that after 18 years of marriage she should be able to be a stay-at-home mother, because that's what he promised. They had three children together, at the time of the divorce that youngest was about eight.

The poor guy who was making 150k annually was maintaining this woman's hyper-mommy lifestyle with an uber-million dollar McMansion, horsing riding lessons, and an extend van that fit at least ten people. All this wife did was complain she wasn't getting enough from the settlement, as she pushed away her husband no ability to be a father to his own children. At the end of the show, the dad sad and alone trying to figure out what he did wrong and the mother hugging her three kids.

The husband actually comments on his own story... here is part 3 of 3.

"In every contested divorce I know of, everyone has lost, financially, emotionally, and the kids. It is hard being one of 2 parents, it must be horribly hard to do it alone, why would you do that when the kids still have a mom?Husbands and wives out there here is my final advice. Do everything you can to keep it together, counseling, back off the life style, whatever it takes. If you can’t make it work don’t go to battle with the person you loved for so many years. Swallow your pride, swallow your anger, compromise. You will be better off in the long run, and it will be so much better for your kids. Two parents are always better than one!Ok, I better send this before that margarita wears off and I chicken out."

1 comments,:

  1. "The love of money is the root of all evil. . . ."

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