I am admittedly very upset right now over a heated conversation that just took place, and I don’t know where else to release that steam. I’m sure I’ll step on some toes in the process. I usually do. Frankly, I don’t care this time. Dads need to stop leaving their kids, and I’m tired of men not being the ones to say it. I’m tired of the world tip-toeing around these guys’ feelings. I’m really tired of society acting like such behavior is now “normal” or “expected”. I’m tired of the media making light of it. I’m tired of the emails and comments from endless mothers who’ve been thrown under the bus. More than anything, I’m tired of dads not taking their responsibilities and duties seriously. Men who willingly “leave” their kids simply leave –the worst offender. He packs up, he walks away, and he wants nothing to do with his child or his child’s mother. This man is not a man at all. HE IS A COWARD. HE IS A LAZY AND AN IGNORANT LITTLE BOY WHO CARES NOTHING FOR THOSE WHOM HE HAS BEEN ENLISTED TO PROVIDE FOR AND PROTECT. HIS SELF-CENTEREDNESS AND NARCISSISM RANK HIM AMONG THE MOST SELFISH HUMAN BEINGS ON THE PLANET. HE IS A QUITTER, A DESERTER, AND A WEAKLING. Sadly, he’ll never fully realize what he left behind. His own rationalizations and reasoning blind him to anything but a life of Guinness drinking, gossip, bad mouthing his baby’s mother, justification and attempts to forget his wrongful deed. He’ll never know of the hundreds of Saturday morning snuggles that could have been his. He’ll never know of the hundreds of colorful drawings his child would have handed him over the years, made with tiny loving hands just for him. He’ll never realize that he left behind so many trips to the park or the zoo, games, first days of school and graduations that would have filled him so much happiness. He’ll never realize that his self-absorption caused him to leave behind every bedtime story, pancake breakfast, bike ride, and tuck-in. Even more sadly, he’ll never realize that he left behind a tiny person that would have looked at him as his hero. He’ll never know that he left a child who would have trusted him and loved him more than any other person reasonably should. And he’ll also never know that he left a child who would have done anything to be like him. He’ll never understand or take responsibility for the giant hole in his child’s heart that will never be patched. He’ll never understand the anger and tears that his child will experience as he tries to comprehend a father that would vanish, and without sensible explanation. He’ll also never understand just how much harder his child’s life is going to be because of his absence. No, fathers like this never realize, understand, or comprehend any of it. They can’t. A PERSON CAN’T MISS WHAT THEY DON’T KNOW THEY NEVER HAD. Maybe it’s wrong of me, but I have neither room in my heart, nor in my ability to understand these types of fathers. I have no compassion for them. IN MY BEST ATTEMPTS TO FATHOM THEIR DECISIONS, I HAVE ONLY FOUND ANGER.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:16:50 +0000
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