tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786625634082957341.post8594270512867811213..comments2010-05-28T04:58:26.160-07:00Comments on Mormon Divorce and Male Issues: Our rhetoric in churchtwiceuponatimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451277880878796470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786625634082957341.post-45962385403919020442010-05-12T07:26:45.458-07:002010-05-12T07:26:45.458-07:00All of those things are just as bad as men using t...All of those things are just as bad as men using their priesthood to subjugate women. So, don't beat yourself up!! Sure what you're going thru is hard, but you keep trying, it does matter to your kids, and in the end things will be right -- it might take years, but call on heaven for comfort and strength as well. The best thing you can do is try to ignore the things your exwife says. It sounds like she's trying to pick a fight or vie for more attention. If she doesn't get it, then you win.The Atomic Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898486879415952446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786625634082957341.post-20277396453637493482010-05-11T12:32:38.391-07:002010-05-11T12:32:38.391-07:00Thank you. I realize that I'm necessary, but ...Thank you. I realize that I'm necessary, but my ex-wife keeps insisting I'm not. My kids keep saying they want me around, but she insists they're better off without me. <br /><br />The only thing she thinks I'm good for is to send her money every month - and of course, the court didn't order me to pay her enough, so she's always using the "the father should provide for the family" line to try and get me to give her more money (never mind she and they are living rent free in her parent's house). <br /><br />She constantly blocks my attempts to be with the kids, and all the court can do is say "you really shouldn't do that" - but there's no actual punishment for her. If I mess up (or she claims I messed up - the court takes her word for it), I usually have to pay out some more money or something, though.<br /><br />Anyway, her stance is that I'm only necessary as a money source, and she has lots of church leader quotes to back that up, along with plenty of quotes about how spiritually inferior we men are.<br /><br />But thanks for the sentiment.twiceuponatimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07451277880878796470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786625634082957341.post-3375505646405439252010-05-11T07:27:07.904-07:002010-05-11T07:27:07.904-07:00Please don't beat yourself up!! Fathers are v...Please don't beat yourself up!! Fathers are very important!! Personally, I cringe at all the fluff associated with Mother's Day at Church.The Atomic Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898486879415952446noreply@blogger.com