Do you have a dead beat dad?

My father has always been my father in ways you would imagine. Bringing you out for ice cream, playing board games or watching movies together. But there is some things that I dont know if I can really look past. My parents would be fighting every day to days on end. It would always end with doors slamming and my dad driving off into the dead of night. Some fighting would have plates thrown and tears cried. A glass shard cut my foot once when I was 5. Around 6-3 months ago, my parents filled for divorce. My anxiety and depression spiked. It was hard. Seeing my father’s smile when I made him happy always made me even more happy. More lies and lying. He’s been with his girlfriend for almost 4 months now. If any of you know about divorce (My parents were together for more than 20+ years) it takes awhile to be fully divorced with finances and property. My parents aren’t even fully divorced to this day. I feel so terrible for my mother. My father has been lying through and through. If he had Pinocchio’s nose it would go for at least a couple hundred miles. Lying about working on himself to where he lives now and even this relationship with his girlfriend. (Me and my siblings still live with my mother due to financial cost.) It hurts seeing my mother try so hard to keep it together. But I know it hurts so much for her knowing my father packed his bags and left.

Thank you for reading.

Posted Apr 10, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC

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