Re:Divorce does funny things
by S_A_P on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:20AM
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Well said. I’m a decade past my divorce and it still causes anguish. I have two kids and while I play by the rules and encourage the kids to be close to both myself and their mother. Their mom is on man in her life number 6/husband 2. There was a period of time that she told the kids to call me dad and the step dad “super dad”. She nearly ran me over twice without warning as I jogged.
I’ve never contested child support audits despite my income halving recently. Even knowing what I went through I’m not sure I would have made a different choice. My main worry is my kids and making sure they are ok is pretty much the reason I wake up in the morning. I certainly don’t claim to be blameless in the divorce but having my ex and her mothers psychiatrist break protocol and tell me without charging me that I should leave along with refusing to see them anymore raised some flags. Mental illness got worse
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Re:Divorce does funny things
by d0gsg0w00f on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:51AM
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You deserve to be happy too. The best thing you can do for your kids is to be a active, happy, and confident caregiver. Even if you're flat broke these qualities will rub off on your kids and do more for them throughout their lives than any amount of child support.
Please explain the psychiatrist's role in this.
Presumably she felt he was in danger, or his continued presence would create a dangerous situation.
This.