My parents divorced when I was little. I only have a few memories of them together. No one ever told me why they got divorced, but my sisters and I speculated throughout our childhood that my dad had cheated. We never really had any evidence of that, so I'm not sure why we came to that conclusion.
Then when my mother came out as lesbian, it seemed like that was more likely what separated them. But maybe not. Maybe that had nothing to do with it. I'll probably never know.
For years we had minimal contact with my father even though he doesn't live too far away. He was more of a financial support to us growing up than an emotional support. As we got a little older, he seemed to step up more into our lives and these days I have somewhat regular contact with him.
When he married Susan, he really found an amazing person. In some ways, Susan is more of a mom to me than my biological mom or Cheryl. She has no children and she has really taken me and Rachel as her own. I frankly think my father outdid himself by marrying someone so wonderful.
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