i'm not a father....but a lot of men..in my family...who are close with me are...
most of their relationships with their kids...and the mother of their children...at least on the surface...appear to be fine...
but every once in a while there's that one...case in point...
one of my family members...spent like a decade...fightin' for the right to see his kid...
and this dude is about as stand-up...as they come...real good dude...good job...makes good money...takes care of his responsibilities...etc...
but things didn't work out with him and the mother of his daughter...they broke up...she got a new boyfriend..that she wound up marryin'...
and then she started actively trying to sabotage his relationship with his daughter....
she still wanted them checks every month though...but she was takin' him to court left and right..makin' up false accusations that he was abusin' his daughter...and on the strength of that..the court limited his access to see his daughter...
over the course of 10 years....he saw his daughter like 5 times...
chick is a real piece of work....