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I Made the Best Choice for My Kids in an Impossible Situation. I Can’t Believe How My “Village” Is Reacting.
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I Made the Best Choice for My Kids in an Impossible Situation. I Can’t Believe How My “Village” Is Reacting.

Slate Magazine·Logan Sachon·about 1 month ago
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Care and Feeding Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Synthetic-Exposition/Getty Images Plus.  Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column.  Have a question for Care and Feeding?  Submit it here . Dear Care and Feeding, I have two kids, ages 7 and 10. Two years ago, I discovered their dad had been cheating for years. My doctor told me my ongoing symptoms were actually an STI. I can treat it, but I’ll have it for life. When I tried to push for a polite, fair divorce with 50/50 custody, my ex locked me out of our money, took me off his health insurance, and did everything to draw it out. I ended up living with my kids at my sister’s place, because he locked us out of the house as well. A lot of this isn’t allowed, but taking it to court takes time and money. I make way less than him and had to put the lawyer on my credit card. His biggest push was custody: He wanted 100 percent, because they were something he could take from me.…

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