Posted on 06/27/2007 8:35:19 AM PDT by Bladerunnuh
'On my first night in jail I shared a cell with a murderer,' he says. 'It was so intimidating. The next few weeks just blurred into one long nightmare. Every waking hour I pined for my girls, wondering if I would ever see them again.
'When I got out, the nightmare continued. It took another year for me to convince the courts I should be allowed to see them at all. Life was an endless round of court hearings. It was a wretched existence. Time and again I'd be facing a new judge and having to re-tell the story. To me, it was a matter of life and death, but to them, it seemed I was just another pushy, undeserving father who was trying to interfere in his former wife's life.
'I was so messed up by it all that I had a vasectomy to ensure I couldn't find myself in that position again.'
Finally, five years after the separation, Mark was granted permission to see his daughters. He was excited about the
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“Yes. I’ve been there too. How much child support do you steal from your ex?”
Oh my.
If you got a bad deal, then that’s sad... but on the other hand, maybe you just don’t see your own role in it. While we’re on the subject, maybe you want to stop projecting your own experience onto others.
As for the amount of child support I “steal” - my fiancee and I both have no kids yet. Parents still married, grandparents still married (until they died, that is).
Hope you get rid of that bitter taste real, real soon!!
Good luck with that!!
Rubbish.
Two of his kids chose to come live with him. That's all we need to know.
Your mistake is assuming the judges are sane. Once you realize that they are not, then you can see why a case 'doesn't add up'.
And people wonder why men don’t want to commit.
Good reply to 17. I could not have said it better myself.
I know I’m replying late, but I had a VERY busy weekend!
Yes, the teenage daughter is now siding with her father... but realistically, how many teenage daughters fight like cats and dogs with their mothers?
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