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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of adults inside and outside the family know and they found ways to let me know. And then my mom (who was cheated on) confirmed it. My relationship with my father (the cheater) has never recovered. After I found out, any attempt by him to parent me or tell me what not to do just seemed funny. Who was this loser, who couldn’t keep it in his pants, to tell me anything? On top of it, he had no remorse and tried to blame my mother. I hid my contempt until I left for college and then I was through.

25 years later, we communicate only through e-mail every two to three years. I haven’t seen him in real life or spoken to him on the phone in 15 years. He hasn’t met my husband and children and never will.

I don’t broadcast this in every day life, so only those in my family know. Even my closest friends don’t know I’m estranged from my father. IME kids who never forgive the cheating parent are A LOT more common than people realize. It’s just that family estrangement is stigmatized and kept a close secret.[/quote]

This seems like a massive overreaction from a drama queen. He wanted to have sex with someone besides your mother, for possible reasons ranging from sympathetic to narcissistic, but regardless, it had nothing to do with his relationship with you. [/quote]

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