My speedometer has gone backwards

[Kar98]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

One of my best friends, an athletic 6'5" guy, fell in love with and married a diminutive Russian woman who was in the U.S. as an Au Pair. Later, her under 10 year old daughter (who spoke very little English, and was being cared for by the grandmother in Moscow) came over to live with them (he agreed to that before the marriage). Still later, the mother-in-law came over to live with them (NO prior agreement). After that, the mother-in-law's EX-husband (his wife's EX-stepfather) came over for a planned visit (and it ended as such). While the EX was visiting, he said to my friend "If you can live with these 3 women, you are a better man than I am" . My friend and his wife split up before their 5th anniversary. They waited a bit to divorce (he didn't want any of them to not be able to stay in the U.S.).

I've heard that very same story so many times and witnessed it playing out first hand.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kar98

I've heard that very same story so many times and witnessed it playing out first hand.

He's a real glass half full kind of person, so he didn't let it get him down long term. He hasn't married again, but he did have a subsequent 5 year relationship with a wonderful woman (who didn't need anything from him other than being a loving, normal person in a relationship). His nephew is my godson, and my godson and his siblings and parents left California, and now live about 90 miles away from the town where yougojay lives.