Oh he is not naive but a man who abandoned his SAHW with two kids, left them in food stamp poverty, did not pay child support or alimony, did not call, visit, or send a card, did not attend his childrens' marriages. I could go on.

All because he left for another woman and her biological kid. You know, the very thing RP says men don't do because when they cheat they stay with their wives out of "love" and duty.

I don't mean to sound harsh in my reply but he is the same man now as he was then. He comes first and the rest be damned. Still playing the same game but so full of himself that he even refuses to acknowledge the old man in the mirror looking back is him. The best for him as always.

He has a fully functional mind and is working part-time. But no, a lady in her 60s isn't good enough for him. He deserves the 20-something hottie.

Don't feel sorry for him. I've picked up the pieces of his son's shattered childhood for thirty goddamn years.

When we married as teens, I took him to the circus for the first time. We went to amusement parks. When his dad abandoned the family his mom turned him onto the "man of the house"

He had to work a near full time job at age 15, while his younger brother by two years got to live his life as the baby of the family.

I listened to his stories of financial security before his dad left and his stories of poverty after. He went from having two parents to a dad who skipped out and a mom who had to get a job cleaning shit off the shower walls of a truckstop just to put a meger amount of food on the table.

I watched each year as he secretly hoped his dad would reach out.

His dad reached out and they reconciled ten years ago. My husband forgave him, but his brother didn't and refused contact.

Happy ending right. My husband, forgave him, and became an active part of his life. It was so promising at first. Until his dad found a new family and new chances to be the "stud" again.

Want to know all my husband asked for? An occasional fishing trip. This guy could not even give him that.

So here I am picking up the pieces of shattered hope. His father talked such a good game of being sorry, wanting to make amends and abandoned him yet again.

Sorry for the rant.