In my day-to-day life as a single mom, I was so afraid to talk to my daughter about anything related to abuse. I didn’t want to say anything against her dad, or tell her that he was wrong. I was so afraid of being vilified in court for badmouthing him.
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We would love to co-parent like regular people. But we wind up in situations where we have to choose between the truth that we can’t give him an inch or he’ll take a mile and the fact that we want to do what’s good for the kids.
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This was my house, my custody time, and my plans. He was no longer welcome. I had allowed him to walk all over me and my boundaries.
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He knew that I was extremely vulnerable, mourning the loss of our relationship and desperately desiring a relationship for my daughter with him and he used that vulnerability against me.
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I was concerned because here I was making this bold, courageous move to leave an abusive situation, yet my daughter was still chasing after love and approval from her father, her friends, even (emotional) bullies at school.
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