But this is even worse. Because it skips over the untold truth. She met a man that did not have a job and/or did not have a job of any personal interest. He quit his job (if he had one) fairly quickly after they got together (another very bad sign) to babysit her kid, because he saw an overall free ride. And this is turn on central? The woman is a mess. It sounds like she just wants someone to be a nanny and nursemaid to her.
She is a user. She is being used and allowing it. This is signature feminist thinking. Loser central . . . come to mama! They call this freedom and independence? Ha! Poor daughter. Her mom probably telegraphs that her real Dad is a loser and that this loser is the full moon in a dark night.
While the writer of this article is a moral and mental lightweight, I do find this judgement a bit harsh. Do women just want a free ride when they opt to take care of a husband's home and family? I think a lot of people believe that.
I happen to have among acquaintences three "househusband" fathers who are utterly content and happy. Their wives earn the bread because they happen to be able to earn a lot more money, and easily able to afford a full-time parent for their children, not to mention a husband to attend to their own comfort.
I see a lot in this discussion that rather glosses over the other problem--the devaluing of domesticity that the feminists brought about. You used to be able to get a college degree in home economics and take classes in home management. It used to be respectable to be a housewife. The "what do you do?" question is one that women sometimes dread if their Real Job is to take care of a family, workplace husband, home and garden. You feel that sudden drop in status shortly after you quit your job.
But if it's not respectable to be a housewife, even less so a househusband. This was a story about status as much as feminism. The first husband could not handle it--and a lot of women have the same problem.
Unless one comes to terms with domesticity, and learns a personal value in living in cleanliness and comfort, eating good meals at a dining room table with family that you nurture yourself, being "available" (worth repeating--available) to attend to the needs of the other family members (the most valuable soldier is the one who stands sentry!).
To do this requires comfort in one's own skin, experience and maturity.
She needs an old-fashioned wife.
The only thing missing from this (lord help us!), is finding out that the second husband is actually a child predator who stats home with her daughter for nefarious purpose.