“Your right to throw a punch stops at my face.” I remember hearing this expression years ago as a basic definition of freedom in the United States. I thought of it more recently when I read Jon Gosselin’s plea for public understanding of his romances and his new career as a clothing designer so soon after he and Kate of Jon & Kate Plus Eight announced their split: “I hope that people can see I’m a regular guy who is going through a difficult time in life and wants to move forward.” In other words, Gosselin is reinventing his life—and we of all people should understand that. Except—he’s doing it leaving eight young kids behind. Aren’t his swings landing straight on their faces?

I know something about this. Several years ago, one year after engineering our move from Los Angeles to northern California, my husband decided to reinvent himself as a single man….Read the rest of the post at More.com.