I was about three when he left. Yes I was bored. A lot of the time she worked from home. Other times I hung out with the building superintendent's kids. From first grade on, when I got out of school I would usually wait in the library on the next block from the school, and read. After a while I had read all the kid books and by third grade had worked my way over to the teen section
And you turned out OK despite it all.
Amazing.
According to some FReepers, you should have been damaged for life.