My daughter has been living with her dad in another state - I had her young, she's 19 already. I have to give my ex credit for at least one thing, he loved my daughter very much and was a very good father to her. It broke his heart as much as mine last year when she rebelled and ran away. I don't hear from her much and my ex and I have missed her a lot.

I finally called her just now to tell her that I left. She was in shock and cried. She said she thought our relationship was solid. I didn't tell her that he cheated on me. I am heartbroken at telling her because it's now official that my little family has fallen apart. On the other hand, I am glad that she told me we were both always good parents to her and she had felt that our relationship was secure at the time she was growing up. It makes me feel good that at least something good came out of our marriage together and it wasn't all totally in vain.