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“My son usually sees his father a couple of times a week, sometimes overnight, sometimes for a few hours. Roughly a month ago, he made comments to me that have thought he might have been sexually and physically abused by his father. I called DHS and got sole custody while they investigate.”
A mom is feeling sad and lonely after giving birth to her first child eight months ago.
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“I feel hesitant about filing a restraining order. He’s never once laid a hand on our son and I don’t want to keep him away from his son forever.”
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“I recently found out through ancestry that he is indeed the father. I’m torn on what to do or how to go about it.”
“When I said that we should show her that there are consequences for her actions, he said: ‘Maybe I need to put you back into your place, not her.'”
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“My neighbor across the hall from me has a nine-year-old who is left home alone all night on weekdays while dad is gone working the night shift.”
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“She hits me with well I’m his wife hold on a second and I’ll call him. She closes the door, and I full-on sprint to my vehicle, crying, trying to get the hell out of there.”
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“The next morning, he tells me that he loves me but was not in love with me any longer.”
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“My oldest just turned 8 at the beginning of the month and he’s been giving me attitude for about 3 months now.”
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“My boyfriend thinks I need to force him to eat it. He says he’s a child and doesn’t get to make choices like that.”
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“She still manages his bank account, If she thinks we are spending too much, she will call us and tell us not to spend any money.”
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“We’ve been married for six years, but for a while, I have been so resentful and just can’t stand anything he does or says anymore! He knows how I feel.”
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“He comes picks them up, and 20 mins later, he calls that he is bringing the kids back.”
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“The father of my child has offered to sign over full custody to me once our son is born, but he still will be in our son’s life on a regular basis.”
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“After the delivery, I was left alone in the hospital. No one in my family visited me, called me, or even so much as sent a text.”
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“Not only that, but I have caught them on the phone a few times and he has told me they were discussing birthday plans for me even though my birthday is next year.”
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“My one night stand got me pregnant. How do I move forward in this awkward situation?”
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“I wanted from my husband and cheated. Unfortunately, I got pregnant.”
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“She refuses to have a good co-parenting relationship with us. My stepdaughters are growing up with the image that their mother hates their father.”
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“Well, today, we were planning on going out to eat, and I said I would probably have to feed her while we were there and my fiance flipped out.”
“Then my son says to me, " Why was she allowed to wake you up and talk to you, but I wasn’t?”
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” She goes on to say that she has “ proof” that we neglect our daughter and called DCF. They literally came over!”
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“He calls me lazy even though I work two jobs and go to school and says that the court would give our son to him because I’m so young.”
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“Her friend told her it’s the only thing that works to get her brother to behave; she said that his bum has bled from it as he had splintered.”
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“He drinks and drives, including with my stepchildren. Which, his ex sees nothing wrong with, so she’d just lie for him as would his whole family.”
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