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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love all the women on this thread who think they should still be able to call all the shots with their ex-husbands after divorce. It doesn't work that way ladies. His new wife calls the shots. You don't get to have your cake and eat it too.

The issue with the money in these blended families is that typically the man is paying for child support, alimony, and health care, not to mention extras. And because it's NEVER enough for the first wife, they always ask for more. [/quote]

I could never stay in a relationship where one person "calls the shots." Its equality or nothing. As for the first wife, she's the mother of the stepchild, who should be the focus. What I find disturbing is the childish way some second wives use the stepchild to pick fights with first wives, rather than focusing on BIOC -- the best interests of the child.

As parents and step-parents, our focus should be on the child's needs.

It's also poignant to remember that in almost every case, the child's financial situation plummets into near poverty after a divorce. Only in a tiny percentage of cases are children of  divorce even mildly better off financially. Don't believe me? Google it like the grownups you all claim to be.[/quote]

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