[Angus]

I married a guy like that who had no clue what it was to be a good husband and father. We divorced when my boys were 8 and 5 and we have not seen or heard from him since, thank God. My boys never missed him, because all they ever got from him was coldness and "discipline". He's the loser, not us.

Today is Mother's Day and my now grown up children will be here shortly to make a fuss of me as they always do, and they will come out of love, not duty.

Better to have a bad parent leave forever, than for that parent to stay and ruin a child's life. Better for a bad husband to leave forever, than for that husband to stay and for kids grow up believing it's okay to settle every domestic argument with your fists.