pythorlh's Journal: Ping...

I haven't written anything in a month and a half. Part of that is the death of my grandfather. It still hits me hard, at some point during the day every day. Another piece is the Multiply migration. I set up a multiply account, but I have to admit that I just like slashdot better. Multiply is a little too busy for my taste.
I'm moving out of my parent's house, and into an apartment. Today, I should get the power turned on, and phone and DSL Wednesday. DISH will be sometime after that, assuming I feel the need.

My wife has been talking about finally going through with a divorce. If she does it, I won't fight it. I know what she really wants is to move back to Texas. My kneejerk reaction is to fight her over taking the boys out of state, but I don't think I will. The boys that are old enough to remember want to go to Texas, anyway, and the extra stress isn't worth it. I love my boys, and I don't want to wait until summers to see them, but if that's what I have to do...

Sorry to hear it

[Degrees]

I had to deal with the death of my Dad a few years ago, and as you might expect, it isn't easy. Sorry to hear about your wife's decision too. My wife's divorce from her ex was rather bitter, and his new wife was particularly hateful toward my wife. They really took out some vengeance by hurting one of the sons. Of course that caused both boys to forever reject them as parents.

Anyway, it has taken a few years, but because I've worked very hard at avoiding the games the real-dad and step-mon have played, the

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[pythorlh]

That kind of back lash is exactly why I'm not willing to try to fight this. At least 3 of the 4 boys have the general impresseion that she's always right. So, any fighting I do just makes them angry at me. On top of that, in order to really win, I'd probably have to have her declared incompetent. I'm think that that is possible, though I know it wouldn't be easy, but it would end up with her either in jail, a mental institution, or dead. None of those would be an improvement over just letting her go...

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[Degrees]

Agreed. FWIW, the oldest boy thought his real dad was a "cool guy" for several years. But as he got older, he got wiser, and uses his own judgment now.

Pong

[dexterpexter]

Sorry to hear that things are looking down (that is an understatement.) I wish you all of the best.