My dad's wife thinks if she demolishes the house, he'll have no choice but to remodel.

Instead, he just divorces her.

Here's what happened.

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I've had a very rocky relationship with my father.

He was a very emotionally abusive man who blamed all of his issues on everyone else in his life.

I haven't had much of a relationship with him as an adult.

But boy did he meet his match with his third wife.

They met in 1999 on ICQ through the random meat feature. At the time, they were both

married to their previous spouses. The four of them started an innocent enough couple's

friendship, but unbeknownst to my stepmother and her husband. an innocent enough couple's friendship.

But unbeknownst to my stepmother and her husband, my father and this woman had started

an emotional affair online.

Sending inappropriate messages all the time and professing their love to one another while each

was going to couples counseling working on their marriage.

My stepmother was even telling this woman her deep-down feelings about the relationship.

A huge betrayal now that she knows this woman was using it against her.

When they finally told their spouses, seemingly timed in a way to cause the most pain, they decided she would move from their home in Louisiana to Indiana, and start a life together while their spouses struggled to understand what had happened.

I've never forgiven my father for the narcissism this took on both of their

parts. He just blamed it on my stepmother, convinced I would one day come to accept them as

a couple. He was so in denial about how bad the rift between us had grown

after years of emotional abuse that they even bought me Christmas presents that year, convinced

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