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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm DW and have seen my son maybe 5 times in the last year. Op, you get used to not seeing your children. It's not too bad if they are safe and happy. It was very hard when he was 6-12 months, but easier at 3-4.
I live in a small apartment so he can go to a better school. He has his own room, a dog and all the internet he can have in his father's house. At 14, he does not miss either of us and spends also a lot of time with his aunt and uncle in VA (all his DL was from VA). I don't remember needing to be around my parents at 14. I just needed friends, shelter, food and I would add the internet now.
I'm glad I moved out when DC was a baby and he cannot remember the physical abuse and a father who was never around. His father actually came around after divorce and has been there for him since about age 4. Ex texts me every once in awhile to make a point of being the better parent and I just ignore it. It's not even a competition and my son would tell him to shut up if he said something like that in front of him. It reminds me why I left somebody who was not there for us when he was a baby but wants all the credit now. DC is so close to being 18 and he will probably cut us both off. We get along fine and don't make him come unless he really wants to come or do something when he is near (360), and it's very nice to see him. He is a good kid. It took me a lot to get him and myself away from all the abuse and dysfunction.[/quote]

If thus is true, you are a very weird mother.[/quote]

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