I think it's possible that some fathers, having left their wives, decide pretty quickly to remarry (or start living with a woman) so that there's a replacement women there to look after the children when they have contact/access.
Obviously this isn't true in all cases but it wouldn't surprise me if quite a lot of them did it for this reason.
After all, there are countless threads on here about so-called blended families, where the woman concerned just ends up as the default carer for another woman's children, and the actual father abdicates his responsibilities, leaving her to it.
AIBU?
AIBU?
To think that this is why fathers remarry
TheShellBeach · 26/03/2024 16:04
Am I being unreasonable?
1331 votes. Final results.
POLLx2boys · 26/03/2024 16:26
I mean it couldn't possibly be because they have met somebody they have fallen in love and want to marry could it 🙄
x2boys · 26/03/2024 16:26
I mean it couldn't possibly be because they have met somebody they have fallen in love and want to marry could it 🙄
paintingvenice · 26/03/2024 16:41
I never had men running after me in my twenties and thirties. Now I own a five bedroom house, my own car and have men beating down the door. I’m under no illusion as to why! 🤨
x2boys · 26/03/2024 16:26
I mean it couldn't possibly be because they have met somebody they have fallen in love and want to marry could it 🙄
Haydenn · 26/03/2024 16:07
Well done coming to the realisation that millions of property owning women have already come to.🤣
SecondHandFurniture · 26/03/2024 17:32
YANBU. There was a poster here who was heavily pregnant and doing an hour school run for her step-DC because it suited both their mum and dad. They expected her to continue to do it with a newborn!
Nevermind31 · 26/03/2024 17:31
Generally women leave because they are unhappy. Men will only leave once they have someone new…
Herdinggoats · 26/03/2024 17:32
Anyone remember the thread with the poster who owned her own home and the new fella wanted her to give up her dog so she could spend her money on the kids 😂
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TheSnowyOwl · 26/03/2024 17:42
Although, somewhat bizarrely, plenty of them move in with women who have children of their own and often for nearly all or all of the time.
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