re: Last night i found out my 68 year old dad has a mistress...

At least he confessed. My FIL has a mistress and thinks it’s okay because no one has a video of him penetrating her. He is in complete denial of the truth and continues to perpetuate lies to everyone around him. He has destroyed his relationship with his wife, kids, and grandchild because he lies at every opportunity.

Your mom will need your support. It’s a sickening feeling to see someone you care about go through something like this.

Your mom honestly most likely won't leave your dad, my wife's dad cheated on her mom and then cheated on that wife. My MIL would still get back with him.

Someone that's been with someone for 50 years will likely stay unless it's been very bad, as in not just a short term sex thing.

I would talk to your dad about his long term plans, and if he can stop then have him see a counselor and consider not telling your mom. Or telling her down the road once it's done.

A 65 year old divorce is very tough and is gonna devastate your mom for years. So consider that before jumping in to letting her know right away if it's just a short term thing. I'm not saying don't tell her, I'm saying consider trying to let her know by it being as easy as possible.

Give your dad a well deserved smile and high five for the sex.

Say goodbye to your inheritance.

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It's also possible mom knows, or knows of similar things in the past.

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I'm guessing dad would have said something if mom explicitly knew.

I'm curious what kinds of pics a woman old enough to bang a married 68 year old man sends. I can't imagine it's pretty.

Steps you should take.

A. Never tell your mother. Even if she knows, it will embarrass her. If she wants you to know she'll tell you herself.

B. Tell Dad that you are disappointed in his life choices, but that he's a grown man, capable of making decisions and mistakes without your consent. Tell him that no matter what that you love him, but that he has lost your respect and he has to re-earn your respect.

C. Don't dwell on it. It does not have an immediate impact on your own family life, your job, or your social life. Anything you feel about the situation is clouded by disappointment and emotion. You can pray and find peace.

D. Let your Dad sort this out on his own. He's getting some strange and this new woman isn't the woman who has nagged him for 50 years, not given him what he wanted sexually or argued with him until she's blue in the face. He may think he's found someone who doesn't do those things. Direct your Dad to the OT. He'll learn that every woman (not your Mom, of course) is a gold-digging whore who will stop giving blowies once the wedding night is over, and who is irrational, crazy, fricked-up and can't drive worth a frick. They load the dishwasher stupid crazy, get pissed off at the drop of a hat, and think their cooter is worth the price of gold. Who he thinks she is now is not who she really is. She's a whore who is fricking around with a married man. If your dad has any semblance of morality, he knows what he's doing is wrong and eventually, he'll feel the uneasiness of it and make an adjustment. Nothing you say or do is going to help. Let it be.

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I'm curious what kinds of pics a woman old enough to bang a married 68 year old man sends.

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41-49 year old women can still be relatively hot.

You probably don’t know what is going on behind closed doors. Maybe they have had issues for years and stayed together just for the kids’ sake. If he is that unhappy in his marriage that he is now willing to tell your mom, be prepared to have a very depressed mother. And if your dad decides he’s happier to be with the new woman, so be it. You can’t stop him. Not sure how keeping your kids away from him is going to make things better, but oh well. If you don’t want your kids to be around new woman, just tell your dad. I’m sure he will understand

You are going to get a lot of bad advice on this topic so let me try and be helpful.

Your parents have problems in their marriage or Dad would not be stepping out. Both he and mom need to seek a therapist to fix these issues and any marriage can be saved. But your Dad has to want to save his marriage.

It is not fair of Dad to expect you to keep this secret for him. Give him a week to come clean and break off the affair or tell your Mom about it. You are betraying your Mom every minute you don't tell her and that is not fair to you or her.

Lastly, I see that you are a female so can I get a few pics of you in yoga pants?