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Ask Amy: Parents outraged that daughter is with married man

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Now this man and his wife have announced that they are expecting a baby, further outraging my husband.

I am acquainted with the wife's family. We won't ever be able to look at them without feeling guilty.

Karen claims that they have something special. He obviously is still in his marriage, and yet Karen defends him.

Why would our smart and talented daughter settle for sloppy seconds and have an affair with a married man whose wife is pregnant?

Why would she hurt another person the very same way she was hurt (and now a baby is involved)?

We are so ashamed – how do we cope?

 

– Ashamed Parents

Dear Ashamed: You’ve already judged your daughter. Your husband has expressed his disgust loudly and repeatedly.

Now the way for you to cope is to buck up and realize that you did not raise a saint.

If her own drama is only a year old and she has been seeing this other man for several months, she seems to have leapt headlong from one mess into another.

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