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stbx started seeing someone within weeks of my moving out

My stbx told me she wasnt interested in a relationship(wives are leased mules) then within two weeks of me moving out she was dating. the whole time we were together she complained of my smoking & drinking beer. She is currently dating a guy old enough to be her father he smokes & drinks. She has been bringing my children around him which hurts me tremendously & i dont think it is very good for kids so soon into this & have told her that its not good for them to be involved in her dating but she continues to do whatever she wants. She has phys. custody for now.  i see them more than she does. She didnt take kids on one vacation this summer but has gone on two by herself with her bf.  i dont understand how she went from being good mom to terrible mom so fast. She is 38 & i think it is a little too young for midlife crisis but she ditches kids every chance she gets then sneaks off so i dont find out she leaving them home alone because when i do know i try to spend time with them so there not alone & tell her how messed up it is to do that.  She is choosing this guy over her kids does anyone know if this will stop soon & she will even out so she is home with kids who need her? She wanted divorce I did not.

by jkight68   2 Posts 
Posted on 9/1/2008 9:42 PM
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these situations that are soon to be ex's need to be carefully monitored. I am in a seperation with my wife, and we are going to get a divorce. That is ok, but the whole dating before anything is finalized and without childrens consent is wrong. You must be careful, a child will have a hard enough time adjusting, but to place another individual in that childs mind is horrible.
by nothinelse   11 Posts
Posted on 9/2/2008 10:10 AM
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She will eventually figure it out. She is not too young for a mid life crisis.
Document all the "time" she spends with the kids and the times she dumps them. Keep a journal.
We do stupid things when we go thru emotional stuff. I know because I have . My guess would be this guy has more in common with you than the drinking etc. That is normal.
My ex was a binge drinker. We fought quite a bit over that. After the divorce he turned into a major party animal. Now he is engaged to someone who  is also against his partying. He says though, he learned his lesson. He has now totally stopped drinking and dipping snuff. Something htat needed to be done for us. I also hear he stopped other behavior that destroyed our marriage. So he learned his lesson. He saw the behavior was destructive. Gave it up for his new woman. Now he apparently keeps on his meds too.
by mtnvly   2542 Posts
Posted on 9/2/2008 7:39 AM
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your story sounds a little like mine. My stbx moved out only weeks ago and he told me that he wasn't gonna start dating anyone for awhile cuz he just wanted the divorced to settle in first and then later...yeah right later...if he found someone else then he'd then make that choice to date. But Oh no, come to find out he's been dating this one person from his work form sometime now. In fact he says that she's the best to happen to him in a long time and this weekend i found out that he spent the entire weekend w/ our kids and her. I couldn't believe that he already introduced our babies to his new girlfriend. I could've screamed when i found out let me tell you. I wish I could tell you when things will get better, hell I wish I knew when my situation would get better too but i dont and that just flat out sucks but i guess in time if it doesn't get better maybe u can go get phys. custody of your kids so that she doesn't continue to put them in harms way. good luck tho.
by cadence   16 Posts
Posted on 9/1/2008 11:04 PM
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