Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

I agree about Gloria.  Normally, I'm a big fan of hers, but not this time.  She sounded pathetic

I think that Enrique has every right to be upset! Women have the upper hand in almost every case out there either paternity or child custody. It should be equal! I think he should have done it differently and still continued to have a relationship with his daughter, but should not be responsible to pay child support. The woman made a choice to lie so she needs to deal with the consequences of her actions.

She should be ashamed of herself. What kind of an example is she setting to her daughters. That it's okay to lie and get away with it? She needs to stop worrying about money and and for once think about others before her self.

Maria played around...she is the villian, not the victim. Selena is the victim...no matter how tough everyone wants to be....the harshness should be directed towards Maria. He should be refunded all his child support and should have been given the opportunity to continue to be her father voluntarily....for free. Maria had a long free ride and although Selena is a victim...the dad is one as well. Everyone is pointing the finger, but no one thinks how they would react if they were lied to for ten years and it cost monetarily as well. That lawyer chick should stick to the stuff on MSNBC, she suddenly didn't have a leg to stand on.

He didn't help his case with the way he handled telling Selena and how he ripped her out of his life so abruptly. Yet, who are we to say how we would respond in the same situation. We can all have opinions, we all know what is said about opinions....no one really knows how they would react until they are in the same situation themselves. It may have been a self defense mechanism that kicked in automatically. Shame on Maria...there would not have been grounds for a show if she hadn't been unfaithful and not careful at the same time.

I grew up without a Dad, my step father was worthless, so I had nothing. Selena had some good years and she looks like she's a strong girl. She is resilient and has already matured beyond her years due to this experience. She doesn't need him. She doesn't owe anyone. Her mother owes her the knowledge of who her father is and an apology for doing this to her in the first place. Selfish and ignorant...the first two adjectives I can think of that are allowed on postings.

I'm just disgusted. Hats off to the guest...If the genes don't fit, you must aquit....works better than for O.J. It makes ZERO cents to pay for a child who isn't yours. If it's all about the child being affected, let the man continue to be the "father" without the monetary responsibility. Letting the women cheat and make the wrong man pay is equivalent to saying that it's OK for the deadbeat dads not to pay. I, as a mother, wouldn't be expected to pay for a child who isn't mine, why should a man have to pay? That's taking it too far. That lawyer chick who was there today (Gloria something) should stick to law and leave Psychology to the trained professionals. No one with half a brain would vote to instill a law that makes men who have been lied to and tricked into believing they've fathered a child...continue to pay and go through with someone else's lie. That would use the law to help women make men victims.

Let's just have women pay child suppport for children their husbands fathered in affairs...sound good? I think not. It's the same thing.

It is beyond belief that this situation has occured and that the so called adults have handled it the way they have. The most important thing to remember yet all seem to forget is that the child's well being is number one priority. Yes the father loved and raised the child believing her to be his own and certainly should continue the relationship after all the years spent building it however the mother (who is responsible for the entire mess) should not receive one single child support payment from her ex-husband and repay all she has recieved to date. She argues that after all this time he is the father and should pay but truth is-After all this time- only occured because she got away with the lie for that length of time. It seems that the most important thing to her is the money he can pay-why doesn't she allow her ex-husband to be the emotional father while pursuing the financial from her biological father. I never once heard her say "keep the money and just be a father to your daughter".