So today I visited a Facebook page dedicated to encouraging women. A meme was posted in which a man gave this story. He is married and has a son by a previous relationship. His child's mother got evicted from her apartment. He talked to his wife, who said she was willing to take in her stepson, but not his mom. He completely overrode his wife's wishes and invited the ex-girlfriend and their son to move in. Now, understandably, his wife won't speak to him. You won't believe how many people denounced the wife as selfish, insecure, and jealous, yet and haled the husband as a real man! To be fair, there were sensible commenters in the mix who spoke the truth. Sorry, but where I come from, this is just not done. He doesn't want to see his child separated from his mother, yet he's willing to risk separation and even divorce? And people see nothing wrong with this?

People mistake responsibility to the child with responsibility to the mother. The wife should kickthe ex out or separate.

Since when is it okay for a husband to invite an old lover into his marriage?

80% of people have culture, beliefs, and lifestyle that create bad marriages. Stuff like this is a big part of it.

To me, this is an affair just waiting to happen, he wants to feel like a hero, and he cannot see that his ex-gf most likely has a hidden agenda: using his son as a means to weasel her way into his home, pitting husband and wife against one another, and sabotaging his marriage. 10 to 1 his wife is a nervous wreck every time her husband and the ex-gf are at the house without her, and rightly so, because they were sexually involved in the past and she has an account in his love bank! apple123, what he did is never okay! Old lovers have no place in a marriage. I say that if he doesn't make his ex leave, his wife should secure the marital assets and file for separation. Then let him see how much fun it is to play his family fantasy when he's paying his wife's mortgage and spousal support.

The wife can also get a court order mandating that the ex leave.

Lol, CelticMuse, that was my sarcasm voice.

Although if we want to be literal, I suppose there was a time not long ago when men could do such things.