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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the opposite - I lived full time with my mom but my relationship with her now is very limited.

My parents didn't divorce until I was almost 12 so I really understood how vindictive my mom was throughout the process. She comes from money and her parents hired an excellent divorce attorney for her. She and my dad were both teachers and had limited incomes, so his lawyer wasn't that great. My mom's attorney drew out the process to essentially bankrupt my dad. It got to the point where he could no longer afford to fight her. He had to settle with every other weekend.

My mom constantly said snarky things about my dad and bad mouthed him in front of me. She got mad at me if I tried to defend him. He was living in a crappy apartment in a so-so neighborhood and she used to make me strip in the garage when we got home so I wouldn't bring "filthy roaches from your dad's crack den" back to her house. My dad didn't have a any roaches that I saw or a drug problem. She was just stereotyping based on the neighborhood.

One time I forgot my textbook at his house on a Sunday evening and she had to drive me back to get it. The whole way back to his place she kept saying things like "let's see how much you love living in the ghetto when I get killed going back at night and you have to live with him!" and "you have about 3 minutes to get in there and get that book and get back in this car before one of us gets raped."

I'm really close with my dad. We see each other weekly and text almost daily. My mom and I see each other on Christmas and birthdays. [/quote]
I feel so bad for all of you who went through this. Your mom is really something, PP. I love that you’re close to your dad. I hope he was able to find some financial security eventually. [/quote]

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