You are a man. And your father has been a good man, working hard for his children and receiving no appreciation from a nagging wife. You cannot take your mother's side. I.e., you cannot side with the female sexual strategy gone runaway (extracting sexual pleasure through belittling/abusing her husband).

You can either maintain a neutral stance, trying to maintain two decent but separate relationships, one with your mom and one with your dad, or you can side with your dad.

I just feel betrayed by the instability

It's not solely your mother's fault. It's the system that incentivises women to act that way. In most cases, it's virtually impossible for even the hardest of men to counter it.

For the children, it does feel like a betrayal. Doesn't mother understand that this climate undermines the stability the children need, their craving for having a stable pair of parents?

The answer is, sadly, no: it's not just your mother. Women were not built by nature able to appreciate what is gifted to them. Maybe you can find some understanding for your mother in this, and it might help not to take it personally.

Currently spinning 3 plates. Have 2 as favorites; they each get 2 nights a week. Been seeing those 2 for about 6 months now.

I am about to be moving to a new job in a new city in t-3 months or so. With that in mind, I have absolutely 0 intentions or desires for more serious LTR with either.

Fav #1: worse face card, equivalent body, far superior sex. head is unparalleled; super submissive, very fun.

Fav #2: insane face card. Arm candy af; absolute head turner. sex is enjoyable but the head is like… not the best.

Issue: fav #1 is starting to push for exclusivity. slept over; “forgot” her phone at my place, comes back hangs for a bit. Proceeds to delete hinge in front of me blah blah blah.

I’m lookin at this as like I have 3 months left; wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world to just get throated on a nightly basis. Don’t wanna lose my fav eater. On the other hand, this is something I’ve struggled with in past (ability to say no firmly to exclusivity) and generally just opted to say sure and just cheat.

Any advice on how to navigate this better?

In some sense like yeah I know you’re supposed to just stand on business and say some schpeel amongst the lines of “I’m not looking for anything serious rn/im about to be moving anyways/etc” and be stoic in the sense of being okay with whatever the outcome is (plates break). I guess just looking for additional input.

Thanks all in advance.