Dear Queenie,
My daughter has been married for more than 15 years and for all that time her husband has been cheating on her and for most of the time she has known about it but she stuck with him for the children’s sake. Now that they are teenagers she is thinking about getting a divorce.
Queenie, if she asks for my opinion or advice, what should I tell her?—Unhappy mother
Dear Mother,
Your son-in-law is not likely to change his cheating ways under threat of divorce. If anything, it will encourage him to do even worse than he has in the past.
Let your daughter know that you will support whatever decision she makes and that you will be there for her if she needs you.
And if/when she decides on divorce, encourage her to find a good lawyer to represent her and make sure she gets whatever she is entitled to in the way of alimony, custody of the children and child support.
