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Life Lessons: Life is not always fair — but we survive
We all want our lives to be perfect.
But the difficult parts of life help us grow and learn.
There were four times in my life that did not seem fair to me — two times the rules were changed without my input.
Two times were from a spouse, and two times from a family member.
There are others so don’t for a moment think that this is a complete list.
I was 19 1/2 years old and a new father
Within 2 1/2 years the relationship ended when my daughter’s mother decided that she wanted to be with someone else.
The rules had changed without my input.
I noticed a change in her behavior and events which led me to discover that she and a work associate had been seeing each other for some time. Over several months she seemed to become more and more disconnected from me. Yes, they were having sex.
We discussed the possibilities of returning to a single partner relationship, but she would have none of that.
After we separated she moved back in with her parents and became less motivated to do anything. No job to go to and just dropped out of life.
