By Mers - 10/02/2010 14:32 - United States

Today, my dad tried to convince my mother to stay with him. "Think of all the great times we've had," he said and started naming off quite a few. Too bad none of them were about the three kids they had together, all were vacations. FML
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Mers 0

Well, after my parents got married, my dad's dad convinced my dad that my mom was a gold digger and so they divorced when I was one year old and had my brothers three years later. They've lived together the past 16 years as a divorced couple and have fought constantly. My dad forced my mom to go thousands of dollars into debt because he wouldn't give her any money for a year. During that time my mom couldn't get a job anywhere and she had to buy groceries for us three and her two kids from before the failed marriage. My brothers and I live with my mom now and it's much better without him trying to control us.

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fretforyerlatte 0

she probably wants to leave because she's got such whiny-ass children who think everything should be about them. he made the right move by not pulling the "what about the children" card, he's trying to convince her THEIR RELATIONSHIP is worth saving.

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what is wrong with you people? i wish you knew the story. jesus christ. ALL IGNORANT PEOPLE, her dad is a prick. he doesn't care about anything but his money and trying to look good in front of other people. he's a douche. i know him in person. so MAYBE, if you didn't think you knew everything, some of you could understand.

OH PLEASE SHE'S NOT SELFISH! JUST THINK OF IT: YOUR PARENTS HAVE TO THINK OF A 100 HAPPY THOUGHTS AND THEIR KIDS ARE NOT EVEN IN ONE! IT'S NOT BEING SELFISH, JUST REALIZING THEY DON'T PRETTY MUCH LOVE HER AND HER SIBLINGS. JUST SHUT YOUR ASS UP! THEIR MARRIAGE ISN'T ABOUT OP BUT HER FAMILY IS AROUND EVERY 5 MEMBERS OF IT, IN THIS CASE. SHE'S NOT WANTING HER DAD TO SAY "REMEMBER HER!" AND POINTING AT OP, SHE'S JUST WISHING THAT ONE OF HER PARENTS' HAPPY THOUGHTS WAS THE FAMILY THEY HAVE FORMED!! STOP CRITICIZING SOMEBODY YOU DON'T KNOW, PLEASE!

OMG ******* GROW UP. I understand you are a little kid or you have gone through shit like this, we all have. WE UNDERSTAND that it hurts and divorce is a crappy thing to go through, but the failed marriage is not about the children. It seems like the father is crap anyways. How can you say anything about Op when you don't know the parents or their reasoning for this. Some people just don't give a rats ass about the children. Don't come here overly emotional and hope to win us over with your tantrum.

well fair enough hes trying to convince her that their marriage was worth saving, not that they have nice kids who she could still see if she got divorced, of course hes going to talk about their husband/wife relationship rather than their family life.

what a little emotional brat, he is trying to convince your mom to stay, not you. he of course would say the good times they had together alone, and plus, I'm pretty sure he knew your mom longer than you, so in that case he would know what and what not to say and what would and wouldn't make the situation better or worse or even more awkward.

Arya1990 7

Be glad: to many unhappy couples stay together because there are kids involved and its the kids who usually wind up suffering.

peterblack67 9

Seriously? How in the world are you making this about you?