How Can Grandma Help?
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And they've been married for about eight years, and they have two kids. And my daughter, who was engaged and has a little baby, my daughter's fiance and my son's wife were having an affair. What? What? And what? How do we fix our family? Yeah. Yeah. And how did everybody? Woo!

How did everybody explain themselves when they were, quote, caught? My daughter-in-law claimed she was manipulated. My daughter's fiance, he had no words. He basically abandoned our daughter and her baby. So we're just trying to figure out how we help our kids.

We're like trying to balance two lives. My son chose to forgive his wife, but she's still treating him horribly. And we have suspicion she's still being my daughter's ex-fiance. So do we stick our nose in situations like this? The best and most perfect advice is.

is to never discuss this again with anybody, including me, and spend all your time being a grandmother, not a mother. Okay. I don't want you discussing this, worrying about it. Well, if you want to worry, I guess you can. It just has no power, so it's a waste of time and energy. And it's frustrating because then you've worried and half of what you worry about doesn't come true and you have no control over the other part anyway. So my recommendation is...

for the well-being of the family, that the only position you take is grandparent. That's very good advice. Because with all this craziness, the kids are going to need, with all the craziness, the kids are going to need stability, and I'm turning to you for that.

Because your son is going to be divorced. He's going to be divorced. There's nothing you can do to stop that. He married a pig and your daughter dodged a bullet. Having a baby, though, outside of wedlock was kind of stupid because then it put her in this position. So that was kind of irresponsible and stupid. However, comma, she's going to have to figure it out. She's going to have to go to court, get child support, do all those things. Do not have her move into your house.

These adults have to learn how to deal with their choices and decisions. Well, luckily, she has done some of that, and she does live on her own. You know, he left her with the house and all the bills, but thank God she's a trooper. We help her a little bit financially, so we are able to do that. It's your daughter's responsibility to get an attorney and go for blood.

She did. Not yours. Not yours. Not yours. Okay. So don't financially help her either?

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No. I wouldn't want him to beat her. This is her responsibility. Please. She's never going to be strong and take care of things if mommy flies in for the rescue. That's very good advice. We do do that a lot. Don't. Your grandma. You're not a mother. You're grandmother. Please. Okay. Well, probably what we needed to hear because my husband and I do, we worry every day. Every day.

Well, there'd be no worry at all. Don't worry about your son. He's a grown man. Don't worry about your daughter. She's a grown woman. Worry about the kids of these flaky people.

Your flaky son marrying a flaky woman and your daughter getting knocked up at a wedlock with some guy who really didn't have long-term intentions. So, you know, leave them to their choices. You help the only people in this scenario that have no say and no power. And that's the kids. That's where you're needed. Yeah, you're absolutely right. Right. That puts a new perspective in my head.

Good. Excellent. Well, I thank you for your help and we'll let you know if something else happens. Absolutely. That'd be very good. Thank you for your call. Yeah, folks, don't go rescuing. It doesn't make them more competent. I mean, too many young, silly women think because a guy impregnates her that he intended to be a father. No, he intended to have an orgasm.

It's your body. Make sure sperm doesn't go anywhere you don't want sperm to go because new life takes place in your body, women. And that excludes X, Ys. X, Y, human beings. I'm not talking to you, obviously.

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