# 3 Not always charm

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I just lost the first of this so will try again. After I was rid of the second husband for a while, my 2 teens, 13 yrs and 14 yrs. were hanging out with teens that lived 3 doors down from us. My moms family had known their family all their lives in the small town we all lived, in fact. Jack, the 48 yrs. old dad would come fix things for us at times. and he flirted with me even though I was 20 yrs younger. Gary, my soon to be ex, had been calling and calling me to let him come get me and the kids to bring us to Cleveland with him cause he had a job and an apartment and was swearing he would never hurt me again. I was weakening because it seemed I had no one except Jack and that I didn't want to do. But one morning the gas was turned off and I was broke and it was cold January.and could get no more extra emergency assistance, so when Gary called I said yes. He would be there come the weekend. Meantime, Jack had gotten a settlement from a job injury. He bought a van and was leaving his kids with their mother, his ex, and going to California where he had never been and wanted to be. He begged me to go with him. I said I didn't love him and I had to think of my kids. He said I would learn to love him cause he would treat my kids like they were his and be so good to me I would see. So, I (we) went with him to keep from ending up back with # 2. Besides, my mom lived in California and I hoped to mend things in our relationship. Jack never hit me or physically hurt me but I found out that sometimes he would have what the doctor called an episode of Childhood abuse syndrome. He would be very jealous and mentally abuse me. He said if we was married and had a kid together that would stop and it did for long periods of time. When our son was six yrs. I found out that Jack was cheating on me with even younger girls ! Because of the kids, I let even that go for a few more years. Then I met who became number 4. But still I didn't leave till my mom told me I had to because she had been cheating with him too. Sorry this is so long. But some was very curious and I even forgot who asked me to tag them when I did this one.