Parents with Alternative Lifestyles Can Have Hard Time Keeping Kids

Finish Line: Your Strollerderby Recap for the Week of February 18, 2007

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Welcome to this, the first installment of our weekly roundup of Strollerderby's best. Realizing that

re: Parents with Alternative Lifestyles Can Have Hard Time Keeping Kids

Tara — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:00:43 GMT

Makes me happy my SO's ex goes to fetish clubs (among other things). Makes our sex life look tame by comparison. We'd never ever use her sex life against her, but her kinks pretty much ensure she'd never try to use anything we do in that realm against us. (My mom asked if the ex could use the fact that my SO and I were shacking up against him -- the answer is no, not in this state, and even so, she wouldn't want to because we have way more dirt on her.)

That said...so long as the kids aren't involved or otherwise affected, who cares? I babysat for a couple who, to this day, I am convinced are swingers...they went to "play cards," their kids had a good time with the sitter, I made a few dollars...everyone came out ahead.

re: Parents with Alternative Lifestyles Can Have Hard Time Keeping Kids

viciousrumours — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:24:56 GMT

It's not just sex that can endanger custody of your children. My ex tried to use the fact that I'm Bipolar to take my daughter from me.

It's made me very aware of everything I do and say. I moderate myself a lot more than I used to in my behavior in fear of it being attributed to the Bipolar and making it easier for him to try again.

It's sad that the family law system has deteriorated so badly. Unless people with alernate lifestyles are swinging naked from chandeliers with their kids strapped to their backs...IE: Unless they are involving the children directly, it just shouldn't be an issue.