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  Date : 2012-04-04
Father is teaching son in the school of infidelity

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DEAR ABBY: I have been married 18 years. In that time my husband has been unfaithful twice. Last week I was going through his cellphone and noticed from his emails that he had registered on a dating service and was exchanging photos with four women. I threw him out of the house.
                              
What really upsets me is my 17-year-old son knew about the affairs and thinks it's perfectly normal for his dad to have female "friends" while we were still living together. I don't like what my soon-to-be-ex did to me, and I don't want my son thinking it's OK to start looking while you're still married.
                              
My son finds ways to excuse his father's behavior. How can I make him understand that looking for other partners while you're married is being unfaithful? -- TEXAS WIFE WHO'S HAD IT
 
DEAR HAD IT: That may not be easy. Your husband, by making your son his co-conspirator ("It'll just be between us guys"), has made him a member of the "boys club" and cliqued you out. Has your son not seen how painful this has been for you? Your almost ex-husband is a terrible role model. When your son follows in Dad's footsteps -- and there is every reason to believe he will -- he will never have a successful marriage of his own.
 
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DEAR ABBY: I was discussing with my 26-year-old daughter how parents punish their kids, when suddenly she told me that she hated that I would make her write "lines" when she was growing up. She mentioned that one day I made her do it when her friend was there to play with her. I felt really bad about this and wonder why she is bringing this up now. -- WONDERING DOWN SOUTH
            
DEAR WONDERING: It came up now because punishment was the topic of conversation, and she flashed back on how humiliating it was to have been punished in front of a friend. Clearly it made an impact -- and it would be interesting to know if the infraction was repeated after that.

 
* infidelity ºÎÁ¤ (=unfaithfulness in marriage or other moral obligation)

* co-conspirator °ø¸ðÀÚ (=a person who has been involved with others in a conspiracy)

* infraction ¹ý±ÔÀÇ À§¹Ý (=a violation or a failure to follow a rule)
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