The other LW and Joe talk about the negative impact of parents splitting on their children.
But N is all about poor M. "He was never absent." Yes he was. M chose to be absent first via alcohol and then by living out his 'recovery' story with his redemption family on social media. However much M cried on N's shoulder in London, it didn't make him a more regular, reliable or positive presence in their day-to-day lives in Bristol. Can you begin to imagine what N would be saying if she was shat on / lucky escape mother no 1 or 2? If M moved in with another woman on the other side of the country, started another family and broadcast his repetitive reflections on the experience on YT? I'm not even going to go there with the money situation. To be honest, N can't see her girls' needs in their current set up so the LW audience would be subject her woe is ME ME ME revenge tales on repeat, for eterNitty. Publically banging on about parenting on social media and LW for money, when social media and LW have had a disastrous impact on their ability to parent well is cruel.
Life isn't perfect. Sadly, lots of children grow up away from one of their parents and this is managed in all kinds of ways. However, I'm with The Children Act - the needs of the children come first. N says, "The law is v much on the side of the woman." Yes, it is often interpretted in favour of the woman but ulitmately the law is on the side of the child. The law would prefer not to get involved because it's better for children to grow up with the parents who made them. Who made them after investing time in getting to know one another and establishing what kind of family life they could realistically build together. Sadly, life isn't perfect, so we have the law, along with the human capacity to live, learn and grow. But then the SwadderEley's are above the law and have become reliant on making money from rather than learning from their very obvious mistakes.