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[quote=Anonymous]There are 2 things going on here.

1) OP's mother wanting to be done with the father. Ok, in my humble opinion I believe that is her choice 100%. And I'm a little surprised OP hoped she'd remain married so that her own life would be easier.

BUT that leads into the second thing that's going on

2) OP's mother doesn't care about OP's struggles and just wants to have fun. Why can't OP's mom spend a little time helping OP with OP's children while OP helps with her father? Or at the very least why can't she be a supportive listener? It doesn't really matter that this used to be her husband, the bottom line is that her daughter's young family is struggling. Loving family is supportive of struggling family, doesn't matter the age of the people involved or the generation.

And my last comment is that the argument that children should be grateful for all of the hard work their parents put into raising them and therefore have no future relationship expectations doesn't hold water with me. Children don't ask to be born and providing for them up to 18 is the law. [/quote]

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