In this world, when you decide to start a family with another person, you make a conscious decision to stand by them and, if applicable, your children. Of course, not everyone gets love right on their first (serious) try. If that were the case, I probably wouldn’t attend therapy once a week…

Making things work isn’t always an option. So, you try to be as amicable as possible and as much as your pride allows, especially for your children’s sakes. If there’s anything you must keep sacred in this world, it’s your relationship with your kid. The rest is fluid.

The mom in this next story fails miserably to do this. She not only cheats on her husband with a married man, but also deprioritizes her relationship with her child so she can try and get love right the second time around. This kid, now an adult, refuses to see the homewrecker as a father. In what world would they? The selfish pair destroyed any shot at a regular, wholesome family life. Newsflash: You can divorce someone before betraying them. Scroll below to read the full story.