Sorry that you had to be involved in that! Don't know how close you were to your step-daughter (I'm assuming that she was already an adult when you married her mother, which would explain why you were "flabbergasted.")
So your wife is now the grandmother of that little girl. Does she ever come to "Grandma's House" for a visit?
Regards,
“..So your wife is now the grandmother of that little girl. Does she ever come to “Grandma’s House” for a visit?...”
We’re still very close to my step-daughter, but she knows we don’t agree with her lifestyle. Otherwise, she’s a good kid. I service her vehicle whenever it needs it. We’ve assisted her financially all thru nursing school. My wife communicates with her weekly.
As for the little girl, we used to babysit and/or have her visit here quite often and always looked forward to it. She’s a beautiful little girl. We love and miss her so much. I was the only adult male she had in her life. She “adopted” me...LOL. I’d let her sit on my lap and steer my tractor around the back field. She’d try to help me plant seeds the garden. She’d follow me around like a lost puppy dog everywhere I went. We’d just hang out together pretty much the whole time she’d be here. We’d chase each other around the house and play games with her until all three of us were totally worn out. God knew what he was doing when He gave kids to young people...LOL.
Since their divorce, the other woman has now married a man that also has a little girl about the same age. My step-daughter continues in that lifestyle and has lost custody of her. Since the other woman and her husband now have her, we’ve been forbidden to go anywhere near her, let alone have a kind of grandparent relationship with her. It’s heartbreaking but that’s the way it is now days.