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Today (Thanksgiving), I am grateful more than ever to be a Single Parent and away from that mess! Because every other Thanksgiving, before my exH/child’s donor left, I had to prepare Thanksgiving for 20+ people. By myself. For almost 2 decades. People (all his family) who were ungrateful...

Her father died 6 months ago. He had a massive stroke and laid, alone, in his condo, for 23 hours. We weren’t allowed to see him in the hospital, aside from several minutes that I insisted she be allowed to see her daddy. He responded to us and squeezed our hand, but then we were asked to...

I’m only 2 episodes in on Netflix, but it feels so so triggering. I was essentially going through this exact scenario about a year ago and got a lucky break, but f**k I cried so hard after the first episode. Would love to know if anyone else had the same reaction, or even send some love this way.

My ex and I broke up about 3 years ago. He was never an involved parent and his time and money have always been his, even when we were together. My 17 year old hasn’t spoken to him in over 2 years because he did some significant damage to her mental health by being an overbearing, overly...

Okay, not expecting legal-level advice here; just different perspectives on this clause. I am having a hard time interpreting "Reasonable consent will not be withheld" in this context From our separation agreement. Does that mean she can't always say no just for the sake of saying no? I...

I’m married but separated. Father of a 2 year old daughter I take care of full time, I have baby sitters for the days I work and love being around my daughter, both of us love the outdoors and go to parks or anywhere else outdoor related when I’m able but it’s winter so that’s not an option...

I’ll try to keep the history short: So I found out while I was pregnant, that BD had cheated on me weeks before I got pregnant. The first time he claims was just before our 2 year anniversary, and the second 8 months later. I was devastated, we were cold to each other at home, but he was...