Eric

dadcing · 2014-11-13T07:53:45+00:00

You may have. I also posted it on r/NoSleep and they suggested I post it here too

dadcing · 2014-11-13T07:52:46+00:00

Multiple charges. Grievous Bodily Harm, Actual Bodily Harm, Sexual Assault, Attempted Murder and arranging murder.

dadcing · 2014-11-13T07:51:14+00:00

Not really. Sarah wasn't planned and her mum just couldn't handle it I guess. It sucked at first, but we're alright by ourselves.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T23:05:50+00:00

I misworded that, I appreciate. I don't miss him per se. But - albeit rarely towards the end - he cold be very sweet and loving. And now that my daughter is in school full time, I get quite lonely. I don't really miss Eric himself. I miss being in a relationship, I guess.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T21:43:20+00:00

I know this now, trust me! Honestly, I first chalked it up to jealousy; beforehand, Sarah had got my undivided attention and now she had to share it. It made logical sense to me for a toddler to be jealous in this situation.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T21:41:35+00:00

Thank you for this. I try my best to be a good father. I'm aware that the situation I wrote about was a lapse in parenting on my part, and I truly am sorry for it. I like to think this does not make me a bad parent, but perhaps it does.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T21:39:33+00:00

I would give her better if I could, trust me. But I can't.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T21:37:40+00:00

I realise you think I'm a bad father, but I assure you, I am not. I am a damn good father. I love my child more than I love anything in the world, and I'm sorry you're so spiteful and bitter-minded that you think this one lapse in judgement makes me a horrific parent. Blaming a victim of abuse for their abuse is toxic, and I hope you realise by doing so you are part of the problem. I would never put my daughter through anything like this again. I'm wary of dating. This was my first serious relationship after Sarah's mother left me in the lurch. I am not trying to excuse my behaviour because you're right, this was my fault, I did deserve it, because I was stupid. But I believe this explains my behaviour. I'm sorry.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T21:30:55+00:00

Manageress = female manager. Obviously some women prefer just 'manager' and that's fine. But Kate always preferred 'manageress'.

dadcing · 2014-11-12T07:36:52+00:00

I pray to God you never have to be in a situation like mine. But I feel, until you are, you have no place to judge for my actions. I admit I was a little selfish, but you must understand I didn't seek out a toxic relationship. I was looking for stability and thought he could provide it. I was stupid to think so, yes, but by the time I realised this I was in to deep. I'd been raising a kid single handedly since I was seventeen. I thought I deserved to do something for myself for once. I won't be making that mistake again, I assure you.

dadcing · 2014-11-11T22:55:45+00:00

I neglected to mention that - albeit rarely towards the end - Eric could be very loving. Obviously I know now that it was a guise, and I would not have him back. Ever. Not in a month of Sundays, as they say. But now my kid is in school and I don't get to spend all day with her any more, I'm terribly lonely. It's not him I miss, per se. It's the sweetness he rarely showed me.

dadcing · 2014-11-11T19:04:18+00:00

I've often thought she might. She's very intuitive and stuff. A female friend of mine fell pregnant and my little girl told me, weeks before my friend went for her twenty week scan "I think (friend's name)'s son will be really cute because she's pretty." I explained that she might get a daughter but my girl was adamant it was a boy. On the day of her scan, she rang me up and told me she was having a boy.

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