# Relationships and constipation **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships-and-constipation/759219 "2016-07-06T14:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships-and-constipation/759219/21 "2016-07-07T19:58:05Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > So you two have kids together. How old are your/her kids? I’m curious what you mean by “at this stage in their life”. Being there for your parents is what you do, you shouldn’t necessarily shield them from helping their mother. Daughter 50 son 40, she can have them in tears after 2 days dealing with her. They both stay in close touch with her and see her often but when she is in a bad way things breakdown rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships-and-constipation/759219/22 "2016-07-07T20:02:54Z")
HBDC - You have put yourself in the position where you are her de facto husband. Do you want to be married to her? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships-and-constipation/759219/23 "2016-07-07T20:35:04Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > HBDC - You have put yourself in the position where you are her de facto husband. Do you want to be married to her? Nope, I am having more contact now than I had planned to have. I really didn’t think it was bothering me all that much but my stomach problems seemed to suggest otherwise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationships-and-constipation/759219.md?page=1)