Thesunisout, that situation is one that I really hate to talk about because I did things in that relationship that I would never dream of doing again. He would not leave because even his own mother didn't like having him around. It wasn't just a matter of well we can try to be nice and make it work. No it was constant episodes of me not being able to trust him because I would catch him trying to use a belt on my 3 year old. I'm not having that. Kids don't need to see their parents become violent over them. The guilt it brings to them still sticks with them. He only stayed because he knew no one else wanted him. So he would use the children that he would regularly tell me "I hope you lose them because you're ruining my life." But one thing, rest assured everything I did was for my girls. And that's why I'm single. I'm not about to get in the same position where I do unbelievable things to protect them. I might be crazy, but rest assured nothing about that time says I took the easy way out.
