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MamaButterfly · F
My dad left when I was a teenager, about your age (I was 16 or 17). He was having an affair with my mother's best friend and left us to be with her and her 2 daughters.
Now over 25 years later my mother and father are back together. Yeah, my mom took him back after all these years. I learned recently that he left back then because he just wasn't happy, not then. To me, I felt abandoned by him because I was like "daddy's girl". I felt like he didn't care about us, but as I got older, I came to understand more.
That was hard for me, especially because I was the first to see the affair going on and felt like I was to blame for my dad leaving. I lived with that for many years, but I understand more now than I did then.
Now over 25 years later my mother and father are back together. Yeah, my mom took him back after all these years. I learned recently that he left back then because he just wasn't happy, not then. To me, I felt abandoned by him because I was like "daddy's girl". I felt like he didn't care about us, but as I got older, I came to understand more.
That was hard for me, especially because I was the first to see the affair going on and felt like I was to blame for my dad leaving. I lived with that for many years, but I understand more now than I did then.
