Trump-backed candidate loses primary custody of 3 kids after shocking testimony from estranged wife: report

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You’ll never read another word from me on Covid or masks directed to you in any way. Also, you didn’t deserve the shit we gave you over melting down over Covid. I apologize I personally give you shit, called you Mollie, etc. There was as reason for your feelings and it’s a damn viable one as you got a boot in the ass over this in just trying to be good to your family. I apologize and it won’t happen again.

We can disagree on how bad it was or what the fuck ever, but you have a reason for it being a pain in your ass and nobody can argue with that. We’d all probably feel the same

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Oh I probably deserved some of it and I’m not worried about it, we all give and take in here…It’s fine. And thank you.

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Sorry to hear that Skeeter.

I’m a step father as well. I’ve raised my little girl for 20 years. I couldn’t imagine losing her in any respect…. Even if she does drive me crazy.

I would just caution about buying into Warden’s comment here. He did this last week and now he’s back to his old behavior of name calling everyone he has disagreements with. We’ll see I guess.

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I’m a step father as well. I’ve raised my little girl for 20 years. I couldn’t imagine losing her in any respect…. Even if she does drive me crazy.

It’s rough…She turned 7 in April…A lot of her 6 year old life was covid and even after the break up with her mother I was with her a lot thru the covid fear, home schooling, etc, etc… She was starting to call me dad and asking to call me dad (she just called be my name when I lived with them ages 3 to almost 5), when we were together just us, doing things like fishing or the zoo and at my bro’s wedding 8/20 (told me that she was telling her friends that her uncle’s getting married)

Thanks.

Still not a Warden fan…And I totally disagree with his assessment of you who I find to be one of the more rational posters on here and likely a stand up guy in real life. But I’ll take his words at face value and it was a nice comment. Message board life isn’t that important so it’s whatever either way.

And I’m probably the one on this board who started the name calling. It’s whatever.

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Sorry to hear about that, skeeter. Raw deal.

I don’t quite get the association with covid. You said it’s because you showed up uninvited. Are you saying they’re just crazy about isolating even if you wear a mask?

Anyway, all I can say is maybe things feel permanent now but they aren’t. Maybe things will cool off and they will reach out, and maybe they’re posting on another message board somewhere wondering why you don’t reach out. It’s a tough situation and hope it works out.

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Briefly…No I showed up uninvited after not seeing the child in 6 weeks (never went a week without seeing her even after breakup and at their new house 4 times a week for the first 3-4 months of covid at ex’s request then helping home school last fall ,etc) and not getting texts returned, etc (again with no mention of what was going on other than around holidays last year she was trying to cut down on child’s contacts, which as you can guess I was 1000% against, but expressed my discontentment much classier than I do on this message board and had to do what they said). And haven’t seen her since 2nd week of April when I gave her her gifts. Their little “plan”, new life, re-programming of the child was already well in effect (and not being communicated clearly to me/my mother AT ALL)

When you combine the factors of:

-Not only was she angry I wasn’t far left and moving further with her (like I told you guys I considered myself and voted democrat all my life)…And they were drifiting off into covid cultdom, while as you know I was not, and believe this shit is all about politics, but again I stress I swallowed my tongue and caved in.

-She is a distraught, meltdown type liberal to begin with…A very angry, intense person at times…And although she doesn’t like to admit it, bipolar…She can’t handle things…I did not know she quite lacked integrity/honor like this though.

-It was a natural “out” or segway to a relationship with a new man who has a daughter so little one can now have a sister. I would understand and cooperate with all of this…Her politics and anger makes it impossible for us to work, although politics means jack shit to me, it’s long over… But still faam/friends first…We could have set up monthly visit, bi-weekly…Whatever. But she was telling lies down the stretch and it was all cold turkey. Covid was just a scapegoat. I have done everything but beg to take the child out to lunch or just say hi… And I like to think their lies/re-programming/therapy sessions (therapy!!! for this wonderful, happy, loving kid!) are working and that the kid is not thinking about me at all…I can live in pain, but to do this to that kid with the daddy/daughter relationship we had is horrible and it is hard for me to think that she is just wondering why I left/where I’m at/and if I don’t love her.

I’m jumping around and obv skipped a lot… Just know what I say is the truth…I shut my mouth and played ball. At the very least me playing ball and knowing this family for 25 years and raising that kid the last few and then STAYING IN THE CHILD’S LIFE BECAUSE HER MOTHER INSISTED I DO AFTER I MOVED OUT should have netted me and my mother not having to “figure things out” and not get texts returned…Or at least got to say good bye. I have texted/e-mailed and reached out many times. She is an asshole, plain and simple

I can say it does give me joy that the last day when I showed upinvited…After those 5-6 weeks of not seeing her and not getting messages returned. And the child running down the steps with all the grace of a herd of rhino because she saw me thru the window…And the child screaming my name…"Mommy it’s (skeeter), Mommy it’s (skeeter)…they open up the door and to see that child jumping up and down with a smile wrapped around her head and her mother with typical meltdown liberal tantrum look and daggers flying out of her eyes gives me a good last memory and helps me know the child is not angry/thinks less of me even though her mother is bad shit fucking nuts without a trace of honor. She said I invaded her boundaries, and I told her I wouldn’t show up again because I didn’t want to make this into a fucking Springer episode and I don’t want to hurt/confuse the kid as they move on with new man/possible family (I honestly don’t know if that’s the plan, I assume it is)

There are many stories down the stretch of those months that would break the hardest man’s heart lol…There was also the issue of my ex’s father, a man I took golfing on Father’s Day the last 2 Father’s Day AFTER THE BREAKUP and I treated respect since I was a teenager betrayed me due to politics and passed it off as morals (because raising/loving a child that isn’t yours because you promised to do so isn’t morals right?). We never had a disagreement in basically our whole lives and always got along before this…And again. I shut my fucking mouth and still treated them like fam.

I apologize for the novel. Got a lot more personal than I wanted…Let’s leave it there

Thanks all for the words. Time to move on

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That’s rough. A relationship ending is probably the hardest thing in life because of the legitimate good that gets left behind. And this super political atmosphere starts a lot of shit, no doubt.

Anyway, I’m glad you got that last moment with the kid happy to see you. You know where she stands and that’s what matters.

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Ya…And the relationship ending with her is fine honestly…Shit happens. We tried, and I didn’t know politics was this important to her and obv I’m not without fault, I live a little bit of an off the grid, independent life and we’re different… The relationship with the child had no reason to end and I just hope the child is doing better than I am with it.

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It’s pretty clear that you love that little girl. And she knows it. She’ll remember.

Women are a strange breed. My experience they are usually childish and selfish (not all but most).

The last thing I would ever want to do to my child is introduce a new person into their lives unless it was absolutely certain we would be together for the long haul. I think most men think like this. Women on the other hand…. I’ve seen girls let guys they just met babysit their kids. I’ve seen them leave their kids with babysitters for hours just to go out to meet men. Sad. Very very sad.

I don’t know all the circumstances - maybe she isn’t one of these women I’m describing but I feel for you and hope it turns out well in the end.

There is nothing more honorable in this life, perhaps dying for your country or saving a life, would be the only one, than to raise a child that isn’t your blood.

So at the end of the day, no matter how it turns out, we know and you know, you’re the good guy in the story.

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I’m a dick. You can tell how far removed I am from a workout on the mats based on how much of a prick I am on here. If I’m going regularly, I’m not even on here. My anger is gone from being choked out over and over again. Right now, I’m rehabbing from knee surgery…torn ACL, Meniscus, PCL and partially torn MCL. So…I’m just a total fucking nightmare lately, at least on here. I get it all out here and then I’m nice as hell to everyone else

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I’ve had 2 of those + others as well. Gettin’ Old

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Me too, for sure. Sucks

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They are not, but neither is the dude whose brain was rewired over a pandemic.