DEAR ABBY: Regarding the recent lectures about fathers who don't pay child support: Please remember, that can go both ways.
My brother's wife was having an office affair for a year before he found out. She left him and their two children, and is now in an abusive relationship and is afraid to get out. Her life is one big lie after another. I've tried to help, but she refuses to talk to a counselor or a priest.
To make a long story short, my brother now has full custody of his kids, who are 4 and 5 years old, and their mother is suddenly living with another man. She sees the kids twice a week and pays my brother child support.
Abby, please don't label all divorced men "deadbeat dads." My brother is doing a wonderful job as a single parent. I even sent him a Mother's Day card! -- PROUD SISTER, MILWAUKEE