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My dad’s a junkie alcoholic who was never around consistently enough to be considered a parent. My whole life people have been telling me I’m selfish for not letting him back in after he popped into my life when I was 15 and I said ‘no thanks’. Then last year people were making me so […]
You could even forgive that he left you, but that doesnt mean you have to have a relationship. My dad did the same when I was 12. It took me 14 tears, but now I can see him and even have some small talk, but there is no way of erasing what he did. I […]
There’s no trying to forge a father/daughter relationship later in life. It has to happen naturally, from infancy and with consistent contact to form that strong bond. If he tries to contact you, remember that he’s really just some random dude at this point. He was never your, “dad”. Also, you don’t have to get […]
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Marriages end for so many reasons. There are so many other heterosexual couples who stay together despite the lack of love, for the sake of loyalty and children. There’s no easy “right” answer when kids are involved. Many of you say he was a “coward living a lie,” but it was a different time when […]
You guys make it sound like their whole happy/productive relationship has somehow been erased by its end. Or that the love and dedication wasn’t real. You also seem to think that he was hiding out of selfishness or something. Imagine being so Darth Vader come to the Dark side we listen to Eminem shirt that […]
I always hate to hear stories like this. I’ve been abandoned multiple times by people I cared about, and who I thought cared about me. They were the most painful memories of my life, and they truly shaped who I am. I know how your wife feels and it’s killing her, I’m sure. It makes […]
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And I feel it’s not a bad thing for relationships to end – or it doesn’t have to be. Some relationships are brief, some last a long time. Some are casual, others deep and intense. Some are romantic, some brotherly/sisterly, some are sexual and some aren’t. There are many ways to share something meaningful and […]
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Doubt it. She’s left wondering what is real. Who to trust. And she’s not young anymore. He may not feel like their life was a lie but he doesn’t get to own her feelings. And it sounds as though he cheated during their marriage. It takes a long time to get over something like that […]
All of these people assuming so much off of one paragraph he said. First off, to the person who said “white gay male in New York City.” What if he just moved there? What if he is visiting? You don’t know where he’s from or where he lived. To the people saying “he shouldn’t have […]
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