08/14/2026
My parents got divorced when I (17m) was 5. It was all kinds of awful because my dad acted like my mom was the worst person he knew and he kept that energy even after he remarried and had other kids and he and my mom hardly ever spoke. Most of the stuff he said either wasn't true and he contradicted himself on all the lies or it was like wtf. Like how she went back to work after having me instead of being a SAHM and how awful that was. Or how she had the nerve to plan date nights when he was busy.
Almost three years after my parents divorced my dad remarried to his wife Anya and they had three kids together. I hated the way dad talked about mom. I hated that Anya was always quick to tell me I shouldn't be so quick to defend mom. But they were good to me in a way. Not the best and not the worst either kind of deal.
Then a few months ago my dad got drunk at his wife's birthday party and he told me he and Anya had dated way longer than anyone realize and that he was cheating on my mom for two years and got away with it because nobody found out. He admitted he left mom for Anya and that he hated mom for almost
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