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Plus they are terrible parents.
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So. In short, sack it up and act like an adult. Most of us lost our collective patience with you a long time ago.
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I can't imagine being the one parent who is in charge of all of that and married to someone who waited for instructions. I don't think she was verbally abusive, I think she was overwhelmed, unsupported and married to a petulant toddler who needed as much hand holding as his youngest children. Maybe mean, but it is really frustrating when one parent is "in charge" and the other one is so passive.
If Kate has played the media/public into siding with her by not buying a too small apartment/car and running around on lavish trips with younger women or bad mouthing her ex, then point Kate.
And if the genders were reversed, I would feel the same way.
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I'm 25, my parents have been divorced since I was 7, and I still can't stand to hear them rag on each other. If they want to get drunk and discuss the reasons that the marriage ended, acknowledging that they were both young and made mistakes? Fine, I'll listen and be supportive. They want to make cheap, current, ad hominem attacks about their former romantic partner, who happens to be my excellent parent? Please no. I hate to imagine the way these kids feel when they hear about this, and they most certainly will.
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Awww, how sweet. If he wants to have any relationship with his kids in ten years, he needs to stop talking NOW. Publicly insulting their mother is pretty low in and of itself, but blaming his kids for harshing his buzz really crosses the line.
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It's not that he can't feel loss for his youth or something, but please, keep it to yourself, your close friends, or a trained counselor. Your children don't need to hear it.
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That being said, he has handled this completely the wrong way. Acting like a 23 year old (I'm younger than him, don't have kids, and act more mature), jetting off to various places to "party," buying a 2-bedroom apt in Manhattan??? YOU HAVE KIDS, FOOL! You no longer can live that lifestyle. I'm a grownup too, Jon. That means I can't go back to college and go fuck half the guys at my favorite fraternity house. That would be really weird. But, you're doing that!
And no matter how much you hate that woman, she is the mother of your children. And being mean to her, is being mean to your kids. Trust me, I know. My dad was terribly mean to my mom and it hurt me just the same as if he was saying those things to me.
Bottomline is: Jon, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG! Get a house within 30 minutes of your kids, stop fucking everything in sight, and tell every news show that you love the mother of your children, you just aren't IN love with her. The End.
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I'm judgey today.
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If you wanted to fart around, hang out with your buds, and date women 10+ years younger than you, then you should not have married Kate. So, get over yourself, and get it back on track.
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I got married at 20, which was crazy, and had a surprise pregnancy- which I decided to keep- at 21. When I got married I thought I was ready, I wasn't interested in the party scene and all that. I imagine Jon felt the same way. I did think my husband and I would have more adventures alone together before kids came along, but for now our kids are our greatest adventure. I'm 29 now and sometimes I wish I had been able to enjoy more carefree time, not been saddled with a mortgage and small dependents so young. It's fine to have those feelings, but it's not AT ALL okay to air them on national TV where your kids are sure to hear. Jon made his choices and now he has to STFU and deal.
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Lots of people never have the luxury of being irresponsible ever. It's not a right.
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