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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (7192)	2/10/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

>My opinion may oppose many who read it, but the marriage and bond to your mate has to be first, children must take a back seat when the critical times arrive< This got me to thinking. First I sorta knee-jerked and thought: "Now waitaminit, don't the kids sorta take center stage?" Then I settled down and thought maybe what I was supposed to hear (through a half-inch of karmic ear wax) was more about heading off any sort of competition for attention and maybe even loyalty. Spouse&I have been married near twelve years, and now we have a twelve-day-old. The kidless times were long&deep enough that we were able to build a familiarity and level of mutual trust that became, in our analysis, Good Enough to chance breeding. I never verbalized the idea that my initial and chief commitment is to my mate. If the kid[s] ever try to drive a wedge between us (unless they're so diabolically good I don't see it happening) they'll find out real quick who the collective boss is. I had a kid, but I chose my wife. It sorta goes without saying that I'll pour my heart and wallet out for the rugrat, but I will always remember that I pledged my trust to Spouse.