That sums up the reason for 2 of my divorces. (The other one was he walked out on me.) Thank you for discussing this topic. I expected negative reactions when I married for the fourth time last year at the age of 68, but I was lucky.

And you are right about the little girl who just wants to be loved and has lost a mother or two along the way. I was 11 months old when my aunt and grandmother gave me BACK, not AWAY, to my parents, but I was 35 by the time I logically understood that. Emotionally I never will. People may think babies can't remember this from such a young age, but we do. We bond, and when that bond is broken, so are we. We have much in common, you and I. Thanks again.