In terms of how Kate treated him….we only know what we saw on camera. For all we know he was abusing her off camera and this was her snipes on camera were her way of getting back at him. We just don’t know…but I am less inclined to believe him given his antics.

So good for him, even though it’s sad for the kids, and sadder for everyone that they can’t just let the show go.
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If I had as many children to support following my divorce as they do, perhaps a public airing would be necessary for financial reasons. Of course, any money left over after litigation and living expenses, would be put away to ensure that my children would be taken care of in the future. As others have commented, we have not walked in their shoes, so passing judgement is just that.

Good discussion here.

Thanks for the good post and insightful commentary on your own divorce.
Ugh, divorce, it is one of those things we all experience differently, our own emotions and state of mind affect how we act and re-act differently.
I can understand and relate to what you say and how you feel, even though my own situation is definitely different.

I think saying that you despise your ex on national TV is not very much in the spirit of having a ‘good’ divorce. If he wants to give perceptions and insight into his own thinking he can do that without saying things like this, but what sells on tv is car wrecks, not true insights that we can all learn from

I became pregnant while dating my ex. He walked away. No contact or interest in his child for 2 and 1/2 years. When he wanted to be part of the picture again I welcomed him with open arms.

We married and I spent 14 years with a man who was constantly walking away. When he finally left for good I had a choice to make.

I could be angry as hell with him for what he did to me or I could look inward and try and figure out why I allowed him to do what he did.

He is an asshole but I am the fool who gave the asshole “permission” to mistreat me. I suffered a lot of pain due to his actions. I also suffered because I was the one who gave him the go-ahead.

A few years after we divorced I was contacted by Newsweek. They wanted to interview me about a specific aspect of my marriage. I declined. It would have felt damned good to air that dirty laundry and let the world know what an asshole he was.

It would have done nothing to further my need to take responsibility, let go of the anger and figure out what the hell in me allowed me to marry a man who had already shown he wasn’t to be trusted.

I get his anger…most of it comes from fear I would imagine. I don’t consider what I say about him to be belittling or in anyway the same as Kate’s verbal abuse.

Kate spent years trying to beat him down. It is now his job to build himself back up and staying focused on his anger and what she did to him isn’t going to promote emotional growth in him.
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I think saying Jon gave her “permission” to put him down belittles him as a person. Clearly he has grown since he first got married. Clearly he has a lot of growing yet to do. As do all of us.

I didn’t see much in the ABC News interview where Jon Gosselin is publicy putting down Kate. He said she talked down to him – we all saw that on the show. He said he finally stood up to her. He said he despises her (okay, he’s pissed at the circumstance they are in. But is that considered bashing her?) Whether he’s bashing her elsewhere is not something I know about. This post is a reaction to the interview he gave ABC News.

As for the commentators who are putting down Jon Gosselin for not having had “enough” therapy yet – when instead you might applaud him for starting to get the help he needs – aren’t you putting him down in much the same way Kate did? That says more about the commentator than it does about Jon or Kate.