The article discussed adult children who resented the stepmother. I agree with Dr. Laura about almost everything, but I can't believe that either you or she mean that once someone is divorced he has to go through the rest of his life completely alone, even when the kids are adults and have their own lives. Is that really your belief? My own belief is that once kids are adults it's none of their business what an adult parent does.
I agree after the kids are adults it's none of their business.
However, I think a lot of the resentment that is built up is from parents getting remarried when their children are younger, and the kids going through even more H***.
Of course, my father-in-law's children were older when he got remarried, and he just married a loon. He's not wealthy, so it's certainly not about losing their inheritance. I doubt there will be any.
However, I don't much like my father-in-law or his wife. He's a 75 year old selfish kid, and she's just strange.