I swear to fucking Yahweh that I'm not a Jew, but I'm about to go to my child support hearing in a few weeks, and I thought you guys should know why.
Have you ever heard of pregnancy causing massive hormonal changes in women? Course you have. Did you know that for a good many women, it manifests as an intense hatred for their partner? Search it. "Wife got pregnant now she hates me". I was one of those lucky dudes with a wife who got the haties.
Our doctor told us to wait it out when I told him about what was going on. I had to ask, alone, after an appointment with the wife and I, and afterwards, the next appointment, he dropped in with "oh and by the way, it's perfectly natural to feel some enmity towards your partner when you're going through the 2nd and 3rd trimester. So, user, just keep up those dishes, go get her pickles and ice cream when she wants, and try understand, and user's wife, go easy on him; I'm sure he's doing his best", or something close to that. I was so thankful.
I was a good husband to the end, but she just kept getting worse, until one day, in the shower, she says "I just.. I don't feel anything for you any more. I don't even like you..". Talked about separation, for a bit, and I was against it, told her to think of what the doc said. Nope. Two weeks later, she leaves me, just comes into the bedroom with her sister, says she's packing up, and so her being pregnant, I help her.
Then, she just ghosts me. Didn't think to ask for addresses, new numbers, any of that. She was my wife. No way she would just steal our baby, right? Ha. No emails, no calls, no nothing.
Hired a PI to track her down, they did, tried to get legal help through a place that helps out people who can't foot the bill for a divorce/custody lawyer in their early 20s. Told they weren't able to help me. Asked why, was told that their institution was more for women than men.
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