Posted on 04/12/2021 5:23:48 PM PDT by Shadylake
Well I got a big shock. My stepmom asked my dad for a divorce and it looks to be moving fast. He's 72. I never liked her, and my mean mother busted out laughing at the news. I'm hit kinda hard. I didn't really depend on my dad much, and we have our beefs, but it's hard hearing your elderly father nearly breaking down and crying. Sorry for the vanity, I hope I put it in the right place.
Sorry to hear - what’s his situation, does he have you or other family nearby? Living arrangement?
Prayers up.
He’s fairly local, said he’ll bring stuff over to my place and look for his own place. We lived together awhile after his first divorce with my mother and it got very toxic, and I can’t repeat that.
This is really rough.
I am 66 and my wife turned mean 3 years go. Nothing I do helps.
Tell your Dad I will pray for him and when he gets thru this tough time, it will get better for him.
Stand by him. My wife turned one of my sons against me and tried to do the same to my second one. Fortunately, he was smart enough to see that she was trying to play him.
Prayers for you and your dad during this trying time.
Prayers up!
I’m sorry. I’ll pray for his peace of mind.
If he’s rich he should go find a sugar baby. Won’t bode well for your inheritance though.
Prayers up.
When my parents divorced in my mid 20s, I took his side mostly. This time I am totally, cause I couldn’t stand his new family. I’m not in the best shape right now either. He sounded really bad, said this time’s worse than with my mom. So I’m hoping he’ll be ok.
I am praying for your Dad ...
Divorce is hard at any time, and at your dad’s age must be very hard. It’ never one sided, as all relationships are produced by give and take from both parties. My prayers to your dad, and my prayers to both of you that together your dad came make some peace with such a change coming so late.
Thanks so much to you all. Last and this year so far have been years from hell.
I’m praying. Encourage your father to read His Bible. If he doesn’t have one, buy him one. That is THEE way to hear from God.
Exactly the right place for a prayer request. Prayers up for your dad! :D
That sounds like terror.
I am truly sorry for you.
There is nothing so enervating as a difficult divorce, and there is no other kind. Prayers - been there, done that.
Oh sure, NOW you tell me! My wife told me that it's I give and she take.
You will be happiest and you’ll do the best by him if you try as hard as you can to be there for him. It’s weird having the parent child relationship flip, though it sounds like you’ve already been in that movie once.
When my dad moved far away with his second wife, my wife was on me constantly to “call your father” every day. She was right. My dad got pretty ornery was he was old (as opposed to genuinely angry when he was younger) so dealing with him was no picnic. But my wife was right, and you’ll feel a lot less bad later. Do what you can for him, emotionally and financially if he needs that. Every bit of attention will help him and alleviate for you later the sense that there were things you could’ve done but didn’t.
Prayers for your family during this difficult time.
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