I had to laugh at the movies thing too. I mean everyone has dreams and I can totally see her on tv somewhere but movies??? Those are the things you keep to yourself.
I feel badly how life has changed for them. Seeing this just confirmed to me that she is handling all of this way better than Jon. She may not be any better of a person but at least she is keeping her "affairs" private and behaving in a way the kids won't be ashamed of in ten years.
Honestly I would have been pretty psycho raising 8 kids that young. Now that the kids are older and more self sufficient she has mellowed and now Jon decides it is the time to split and get a young hot thing?? A good man and husband understands that parenting is hard (especially that many kids) and especially
if you are a little type A to begin with.
Her life is nowhere near normal but in a small way it mirrors what a lot of
us Moms go through. In the early years we are crazed, tired, often unbathed just trying to make it through the day. We lose ourselves in the minutia of running the household.
Things get better sooner than we know it and we get to find who we are again besides just Mom. It is when we can go back to or just refocus on career goals or personal goals while still being there for our kids.
I just find it so sad that now when they could coast as a couple and just enjoy what they worked so hard for they are no longer together. You couldn't pay me enough to have to date again. LOL!
Totally confirms for me that people need licenses to parent. Or at least a psychological battery of tests so you KNOW what might happen
if you marry or breed with so and so. LOL!