We were not technically together when my daughter was born. When my co-parent got pregnant, I started paying support right away – even while she was pregnant. I took responsibility and made my intentions clear. I wanted to be a dad. But trying to sort out a parenting arrangement was confusing; it’s hard not to…
It wasn’t expected. There wasn’t another person, we tried to communicate, we went to counselling. It just came down to: “I don’t love you anymore.” Leaving was hard, my biggest fear was how will this affect my son and how can I mitigate hurting my husband? I knew he wouldn’t want me to leave but…
I met my husband when I was 15 years old; I guess you could say we were high school sweethearts. We were married when I was 19. We loved each other. Really, we did. We could’ve worked things out, but we divorced instead. Some things were difficult in our marriage. He was controlling…
I was 7 years old when my parents divorced. It went by really easily. Obviously, there was a shock but it was peaceful. I never felt there was fighting over me or using me as a tool. The three of us had discussions together and would talk it through a lot, it was focused on my choice…
When we separated, our daughter was two and a half years old. At the beginning of the separation process, I felt like a failure as a dad, and I was afraid and stressed about money. And then there was the embarrassment; I was embarrassed that the marriage failed, embarrassed that it didn’t work…
