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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dad had a complete separate family. I learned in 3rd grade. It did taint how I looked at him, but the real loser in my eyes is my mom who flipped out and didn't try to save her marriage. As a result, my full sibling and I grew up in poverty while the halfs got a pretty cushy upbringing AND our dad. My mom also has spent the last three decades trashing my dad and his mistress.[/quote]

Um, you do realize that your Dad is the a-hole here, right.  Please tell me you haven't blamed/vilified your mother for this.  [/quote]

My dad has apologized to us again and again. My mother takes no responsibility for her role in how things ended up. To this day, my mother ruins nearly every family occasion by trying to pick a fight with my dad. I glad that at least he got some peace from her when he left. Wish he'd taken us, too. Growing up in the ghetto is hard. Growing up in the ghetto with a depressed, bitter mother is so much worse. [/quote]

Blame your dad for having the affair AND not giving you enough money so you didn't have the live in the ghetto.  How can a woman save her marriage when he husband has left her for another woman?[/quote]

He didn't leave voluntarily. He was supporting two separate families until my mom made him leave when she found out. My mom didn't pursue support through the courts and she could have let us go live with my dad. She wanted us to hate our dad. My brother does, so I guess she got half of what she wanted.  [/quote]

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