^ I'm fine now thanks TH, and years ago I got the better deal: the wife got the house, but I got the child. That's a win in my book!
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Originally Posted by [MERIT]
She's been forcibly confined to the psyche ward half a dozen times, attempted suicide, whored around, wasted my child support on tattoos and booze ... and the judges still think it best for a child to be with their mother over their father, regardless of the circumstances. This is life.
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^ Oh dear, that's terrible. I wonder how old your child is? There's a legal age at which they can choose who to live with but, in my case at least, we never reached that point. My son made it so clear where he wanted to be that in the end his mum, rather in the spirit of calling his bluff, let him go...
Yes, parenting by phone is heartbreaking. The absent dad is in a no-win situation:-
i) your child is happy and answers every question with "u-huh" and "ok" so you are left frustrated and jealous
ii) your child is unhappy and you are left furious and impotent.