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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad did this.  I eventually realized it was his wife who set up a "It's her or me" dynamic.  She was successful because to this day, my dad doesn't communicate with me unless I initiate, and talks as if he is speaking to a stranger he can't wait to get off the phone.

We now live in different countries, and I gave up going to see him a few years ago.  She didn't want me staying at their house, and he always acted eager to get away to see his "grandkids" (ie, her kids) when I got him to come out to see me.  He's never seen my child and never responded to pictures or updates, so I just stopped.  It was too hurtful to me.

After years of trying and trying in the face of repeated rejections from him, I find it is better now that I have made a clean break.[/quote]

AMAZING when you read that even when the father neglects his kids. In this thread one or the other WIVES involved get blamed.

The mother is always blamed (for getting pregnant, for parenting, for how the kid turns out, for the husband cheating and now for this! Misogyny gone wild.)[/quote]

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