Dude I know is married to a single mother, and she's trying to dump her kids on him

Ex-wife was a single mom, and he knew it. She has 3 kids and he only married her because he loved her, and he wasn't bothered about the kids because he loved them too. He had no kids of his own, and she was the love of his life.<br><br>He was a stay at home dad and a cook, and always looked after them because she worked full time, and they grew to love him. He was like a ray of sunshine to them, and whenever they were at his, they loved playing with him and their "mother" would always be surprised to see that they were happy.<br><br>But they were older now and they felt like having a mother and father living together, would be good.<br><br>He was annoyed and he knew that he'd have to be a co-parent now and his life would change. He felt like they'd dump their behaviour and problems on him and she was growing lazier and lazier and just wanted to dump them on him. He felt like he was being taken for granted and he told her so, and she flipped out.<br><br>And then I guess one of her friends must have been telling him to man up, because he came to my flat and said that he didn't have to be a parent to them. I knew that his parents didn't like her, so I told him to call them and ask them for advice.<br><br>I asked him why he married a woman with kids and he said that she was the love of his life, but she'd dump her kids on him and whenever he'd want to talk about it, she'd just shout at him and call him an immature man. So I guess I must have said the right thing. But I'm annoyed at her, because I know that she's going on about how women are a catch, but whenever she's got a problem, she dumps it on a male, whether it's emotional labour, intimacy or co parenting, etc.<br><br>He knew what he was getting into, but he still bought into the lie that single mothers were a catch.