Reddit user Binkies123 explained the whole situation, including how he and his wife got divorced, because he cheated on her with his current girlfriend.
“My ex wife is the mother of my 2 kids. She is an amazing woman and good to the bone. We divorced 6 years ago because I had an affair with my current partner,” Binkies123 wrote online. “I was in a low place in my life and I [messed up]. She was in incredible pain but — like [an effing saint] — she allowed me to still see our kids who mean the world to me, allowed our divorce to be as pain free as possible despite the fact that I know she was hurting. She still is close with my parents. She is respectful to me although she refuses to talk to my gf.”
I love my ex, I'm just not 'in' love with her, as for GF's, I've told my daughter who is 33 that I would never consider marrying someone else ever again and when she asked why I just told her
why would I want to marry someone who would take half if not more from you after working hard my whole life to provide for you and my grandchildren
if I was this guy, I would deep six the GF, buy a modest motor home and travel around the country full time and on school vacations I would call my ex and tell her that I'm in Disney World and there's tickets waiting for her and the kids at the airport
oh and I'd adopt a stray from the pound, maybe 2