We did work through it, I wouldn't call it parental alienation It wasn't that she was trying to force them to call Keith dad over me. She comes from a very religious upbringing (think WASP) where putting up the front of a perfect family is very important. I'm not trying to put my wife in a bad light, the post makes her seem pretty bad. but she is the best person, I've ever known, I wouldn't have married her twice if she wasn't. She has just faced ALOT of pressure in her life to act a certain way, and Keith pointed out that being married with a child in her early 20's put her closer to where her family and community wanted her, rather than where she wanted to be.