My Husband Went to the Store and Never Came Home, Deserting His Two Kids

Yahoo Parenting ^ | February 16th, 2016 | Eden Strong

[Mariner]

I saw my ex-husband in court last week. It was the first time I had seen him in longer than I could remember; the exact date lost in an 8-inch-thick legal file of court proceedings that is currently lying on my desk. In fact, I could count on one hand the number of times I have seen him since I started that file four years ago.

Up until just a few days ago, I literally could not find my ex-husband.

But before he disappeared four years ago, I was a married, stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son. Then overnight my world turned upside down when my husband said he was going to the store and simply never returned.

Not only was my marriage over, but he left me with two very young children in a position where I was unable to instantaneously support us.

Quitting his job and leaving his work vehicle (his only car) in the parking lot of his employer, he turned off his phone, moved out of town, and became untraceable. His actions were not just an exaggerated statement that he no longer wanted our marriage, but it was a heartbreaking declaration that he also no longer wanted our kids.

And I’ve heard it all; the judgments that people love to throw my way. “Didn’t you see this coming,” and “what did you do to make him leave?” Or “this is why you never should not have been a stay-at-home mom without your own career,” and my favorite, “you had kids with him, you did this to yourself.”

[Freedom56v2]

Woah! Yikes is right!!! They guy screwed up twice...

1. He has kids from a first marriage—well he probably acted gay to get out of that one (eh could have been more than one marriage or relationship because I thought I saw a couple boys in the video)...Whew got out of that!

2. Well the obvious solution to the video dilemma—don’t get involved with a girlfriend..any girl...like I said...He really needs to skip the girlfriend—no women...keep it in his pants.

Sheesh soo simple!

[wgmalabama]

I like this participation much more than the previous. Keep it up ! :)

[BlackVeil]

I agree. These absent fathers are a curse on society. The long term cost will be enormous.

Women who have children out of wedlock, and men who abandon their wives, should be harshly shunned, as they were in the past. They should be cut out of everything, with no prospects, treated as if they are dead. This sounds awful - but it was the norm for centuries. By abandoning these standards, we have unleashed a weird experiment, a society without fathers.

[BlackVeil]

Whatever the situation of the wife, this man had children, and that is an obligation. No one forced him to become a husband and father.