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Your question reminds me of a friend (John, I think) years ago in a somewhat similar circumstance. His wife had run off with some fellow and taken the kids with her. John remained gentlemanly toward her and of course, loved the kids. One summer, he invited the kids to stay with him and neglected to send them back at the end of the summer. Eventually, to get to the end of the story, she gave in and came home. John wasn't looking for rules. He was looking for a way to deliver his wife and children from bad choices. I don't think it occurred to him to do otherwise. Forty years later, he's the one I remember with respect. He was selfless, perhaps Christlike. He was willing to do anything to save to his wife who had gone astray. |