QUOTE (Appalled @ Jul 5 2009, 02:34 PM)

Interesting, though, that they had the baby for awhile before the adoption was formalized. Which means for that time, Dean did have another daughter and he told his ex-wife that he wasn't leaving the kids, just her.
I guess he was able to break that bond pretty easily. Good to know.
I suppose the ex could have cancelled the adoption, since she suddenly became a single mother. She apparently couldn't break that bond so cavalierly.
GIVE DEAN A BREAK. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THEY HAD THE CHILD OR WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE. YOU NOTICE HOW THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOW JACK ON THE SHOW AND RARELY ARE ALLOWED TO MENTION HIM? IT'S POSSIBLE HE'S BEEN BARRED FROM DISCUSSING LOLA. IT'S ALSO VERY POSSIBLE THAT LEAVING LOLA BEHIND KEEPS HIM UP AT NIGHT AND WE DON'T SEE IT. WHY DO YOU THINK HE DOES ALL THOSE DANGEROUS SPORTS? IT'S POSSIBLE HE'S RUNNING FROM SOMETHING.
MAYBE BECAUSE HE LEFT, MARY JO INSISTED HIS NAME BE REMOVED FROM THE ADOPTION PAPERS. MAYBE BECAUSE HE WAS NO LONGER IN THE HOUSEHOLD, HE WASN'T CONSIDERED A PARENTAL FIGURE AND THEY REMOVED THEM. OR MAYBE THEY'D ONLY HAD THE CHILD A SHORT TIME AND HE HADN'T BONDED WITH HER YET AND HE FELT IT BEST NOT TO BE A PART TIME FATHER TO A CHILD WHO WAS NEVER GOING TO LIVE WITH HIM AND REALLY GET TO KNOW HIM.
BUT THE POINT IS, I WAS TAUGHT NOT TO JUDGE UNTIL I HAD ALL THE FACTS, AND WE DON'T. WE THINK BECAUSE WE SEE SO MUCH OF THEIR LIVES WE SEE ALL OF IT. THINGS LIKE THIS, THERE CAN BE LEGAL ISSUES BARRING HIM FROM MENTIONING IT.
JUST REMEMBER, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS, AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN DEAN IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH ALL OF HIS KIDS. WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING LOLA, I'M SURE IT CAUSED HIM A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN.