I think now that I know why he dumped the wench.
I have a wonderful, gentle mother. She is amazing.
She was allowed to be all things wonderful because she married my father. His treatment of her allowed her to be the gentle lady she's always been.
Though a self-proclaimed liberal, she believes easier divorce has played largely to the advantage of men. 'Socially, it is acceptable for men to divorce these days. They still get invited to everything. If my father had left my mother the way my husband left me, no one would ever have spoken to him again. Divorce has become a licence for men to behave badly,' she said.There is a good point somewhere in the above statement.
Unfortunately, she seems too consumed with her own little life to look at the bigger picture.