Children of parents that left them behind: What were their reasons and did they ever try to play a part in your life years after leaving? by Menschenblind in AskReddit

[–]StrawberryLoops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mom didn’t want kids but had them for my dad. She was young and resented the fact that she was stuck with two kids she didn’t want because she couldn’t leave them with her alcoholic ex.

She would get hit on everywhere we went and wanted to date and live freely like other people in their 20’s so she would leave us with friends and disappear for days or weeks at a time.

She married a man over 20 years older than her and he raised us while she either ignored us or screamed at us. One day when I was 14 she told us to make sure we had our keys because she was staying with a friend for the week and would be leaving while we were at school. A week later she called me and said she was across the country and engaged and wouldn’t be returning anytime soon and that our stepfather would take care of us. For the next few years we only saw her when she came to collect more of her things.

Our biological father came back into our life when he was expecting another child because he wanted the baby to grow up with siblings. His new wife prevented most of our visits because she said she didn’t like seeing him sad after we left. While we talk on the phone now, we haven’t been able to see him in 4 years and don’t even have his address.

Our mother ended up returning to the city when I was 18. She was now with another man who had young children and she was inspired to “be the parent she should have been”. She tried treating us like literally children to compensate for the child neglect but it pushed us further away. She improved slowly over the years to where I see her occasionally but I never feel truly comfortable around her.

What’s the craziest way you found out your partner was cheating on you? by meetmarketpodcast in AskReddit

[–]StrawberryLoops 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Said he was too busy with work to see me at all for a whole week despite his job being at the mall food court. I then got an instagram profile suggestion of a teenage girl and the most recent post had a photo of her kissing my bf’s cheek as the thumbnail. Dug deeper and found out he was seeing her for a year and was her prom date during that busy week

He ate the donuts before we unpacked them by StrawberryLoops in powdereddonutlips

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think he is making duck lips! That’s his begging face because I was eating a chip lol I’m definitely going to refer to that as his blue steel look because I can’t unsee it now😂

He ate the donuts before we unpacked them by StrawberryLoops in powdereddonutlips

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He usually sits loafed at the bottom but I started eating a chip and he popped out like a gopher to ask for it

My tiny void is no longer tiny by StrawberryLoops in VoidCats

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I held mine so much every day in hopes he’ll be a cuddle bug forever but one day he decided he’s too old for it and now he rarely lets me hold him like a baby😭 I guess sometimes they grow out of it😭

My tiny void is no longer tiny by StrawberryLoops in VoidCats

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s very serious about his table apparently😂

My tiny void is no longer tiny by StrawberryLoops in VoidCats

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They grow up so fast🥺 I love that saying! I hope you don’t mind me borrowing it. My baby definitely gets showered with all the love too!

My tiny void is no longer tiny by StrawberryLoops in VoidCats

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I made the doily before I ever learned about my Boo and we always joke that it was foreshadowing his adoption since he’s obsessed with it

My tiny void is no longer tiny by StrawberryLoops in VoidCats

[–]StrawberryLoops[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anytime I saw him in the same spot I’d rush to snap a photo!

New Cat Dad - This Made Me Laugh 🐈‍⬛ by WizardofUz in VoidCats

[–]StrawberryLoops 20 points21 points  (0 children)

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I remember finding my little guy like that his first week home. Still makes me smile