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taignobias's avatar

Calling the bluff would be very interesting, if not downright amusing.

"He raped you?!? We're going to the police now! ...no, there's no time for worrying about our relationship! You need to talk with the prosecutor, spend a few months assisting the investigation, assist the prosecution in what could be years of trials, and...no, we'll worry about getting back together once Justice has been served!"

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My brother married and divorced the same woman twice. Even though she is a very ugly person inside and out he still lets her parasite off of him in various ways. They have two grown daughters. The oldest is out of college and working in her chosen career field. All of them still take from him and he seems perfectly content with the situation. My brother has always been a Delta. My wife and I have discussed this ad nauseum. She says that my brother and I are night and day different and that I'm the only one in the family with any balls.

Now, I want to tell you a story almost nobody knows. About 25 years ago I was married to my first wife and this is the union that created both of my children. When my son was approximately 18 months old my soon-to-be ex-wife decided that she was missing out on life and attempted to monkey-branch. To put things in plain language she wanted to party instead of being a parent. She basically left with another guy (who was a complete loser), moved out of state taking the youngest child with her. The oldest who was 8 at the time refused to leave. Over a period of about 2 months I secured the youngest back to my custody. In the meantime, I also initiated divorce proceedings. My divorce attorney basically told me to bend over the barrel and take it like a man because I really had no alternative. I told him that they'd have to kill me because the thought of this woman raising my children was a non-starter. I fought like the devil and my attorney told me I was the craziest person he'd ever met. In the end, she never showed up for any of the divorce proceedings and the judge recognized the correct course of action. I made damn sure that to protect those children from her and she never saw them again. She also never showed any real interest in seeing them. I raised those kids alone for several years after that (with the help of family, of course). It was a tough go for a while because after 4 years of active duty military I was just finishing college, but I never regretted any of it. They are now fully functioning adults with excellent careers. She's attempted contact with both of them after they turned 18 but, neither of them want anything to do with her. She never apologized to them and has attempted to play the victim multiple times. They recognize her for what she is.

Now, it's like she never existed and I never felt sorry for her for one second.

To make it even better, I am now a grandfather and my beautiful 2 month old granddaughter was just in my lap a few minutes ago. Talk about icing on the cake.

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