When stepchildren come to the realization that part of their inheritances will go to stepmothers they consider to be interlopers, home wreckers and outsiders, many nurse bitter grievances and some go ballistic as in the Guiliani case. Their father's happiness with a woman he loves is of no consequence.
Guiliani appears to have at last found a real happiness and a soulmate in Judith Nathan. Rudy has not always been the perfect human in his marriages, but no one is expected to wear a hair shirt for the rest of his life to please bitter adult offspring, particularly if he's cleaned up his act and found a good woman he wants to be with always.
I'm not a Rudy supporter, but, as the Good Book states, "worse than a serpent's tongue is an ungrateful child". The grown son should have just kept his self-serving mouth shut and dealt with his angst man-to-man in a private manner instead of attacking his own dad in such a public way.
"Daddy Dearest" revelations make for good public tabloid titillation, but in the long run, public vituperation against a blood relative only compounds family problems, usually permanently.
I hope Mr. Guiliani cuts this nasty offspring (who has surely benefited over the decades from Rudy's hard work) out of the will completely.
Leni
Good point. Kids are wrong to resent it when their father cheats on their mom, dumps her and the floozie he marries wants to tap into the dad's money. Shame on the kids for letting this upset them!! Shame ! Shame !
"always follow the money trail."
AMEN. Great post. Andrew has an axe to grind, publicly. And I suspect his mother is behind it.
Well, King Lear is a good book, but it isn't the Good Book. (Lear, act 1, scene 4) "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child!"
ps: King Lear was making an unjust accusation against his only loyal child for a valid criticism.