Posted by mair on September 30, 2002, at 21:21:42
In reply to I don't know how old your kids are..., posted by SandraDee on September 30, 2002, at 17:48:46
The fiance of a woman I worked with was killed on his way to pick her up from work. He was drunk and at least one other car had tried to alert the police about his erratic driving before he ever went off the road. This guy was taking care of my friend's 10 year old daughter after school and he tried to get her to go with him to pick up her mom. She refused because she could see that he was drunk. (I'm sure her mother had told her always to do this) When i told my own teenage children about this, they were enormously impressed that this girl had the gumption to tell her mother's fiance that she wasn't going to get into the car with him.
I would be most concerned about your children. If your wife is as serious a drunk as you say, a court isn't going to simply hand her custody. I think you need to do whatever you can to protect your children. Maybe Al-Anon can help you see ways to do this.
Good Luck
Mair
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