[coop71]

So sad to hear your situation. Hang in there! The same thing happened to my sister. Her husband bailed on her and their 4 kids. Several friends had the same thing happen. As well as my mother-in-law, my step-mom with her first husband...it’s pretty common, unfortunately.

Also unfortunate is the lack of any sort of sympathy from many Freepers on this subject. Many guys here usually blame the woman for her husband leaving (there must have been *something* she was - or wasn’t doing for him), or that women are psycho so the husband bailed, or that the courts are stacked in favor of the woman no matter what and the man didn’t actually bail - the wife just makes it appear that he did for custody. Or all of the above. A very one-sided, knee-jerk view.

Just an FYI and welcome to FreeRepublic.

[Dr. Sivana]

Also unfortunate is the lack of any sort of sympathy from many Freepers on this subject.

You won't generally get that from the Catholics onthis board (NYer, BlackElk, Don-O, etc.)

I don't recall having seen the story about your sister, but as far as the "she asked for it" bit. None of the excuses justifies adultery. Certainly none justifies abandoning children, and darn few justify separation. (Being truly Psycho, MIGHT be cause for separation [still does not excuse adultery], but only if the children are protected from the Psycho FIRST.)

[BenKenobi]

Happened to the woman I love as well.

The piling on of single women has more to do with single- never married women, not divorced women. Those are two very different cases.