My dad was a deadbeat dad so my mum’s intense anger and my own heartbreak that he caused is visceral, still to this day. I completely agree. duck every man who abandons his kids right to hell. The anger and hurt is completely justified. But I am in full agreement with @tryharder. That is not for public consumption. She shares it because she is a narc. She needs the validation from nameless, faceless strangers. And she needs the traffic and engagement she gets from it to keep her income flowing. I am of the school that not everybody needs to be applauded for their “raw honesty” online. I understand that’s very old-school. But at a point it is performative and it is detrimental to the people in their lives.I agree she was soooo young when she had her first how was she going to know he’d end up having nothing to do with the kids and she’d be on her own. Attacking someone for being honest about how hard they’re finding parenting is not it. This is why mothers suffer in silence.
I also don’t have any sympathy when women choose men who display serious red flags before they ever procreate with them. Sure, not everybody is perfect and we’ve all made dumb mistakes, some with bigger repercussions than others. From what I can gather, they were both pretty serious partiers when they got together. What I imagine has happened is that he hasn’t changed and she only has to the extent that she needs to take care of her children. (She is clearly still an addict, but somebody has to take care of the kids, hey?) The harsh reality is that this is the result of her bad decision making. It’s unfortunate, we have probably all done it to a certain extent, but she only has herself to blame so don’t witch about it.
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