After the Divorce, the Father Outrages His Daughter

My daughter and I survive on the child support from her biological father. My ex-husband is entirely to blame for the fact that I can’t even find a jobhe does everything in his power to ensure no one hires me. And even when I manage to get a job, I’m let go after a short while without any explanation. I don’t even need to ask; I know exactly what’s going on.

All my troubles started when I filed for divorce. I couldn’t bear living with that man any longer. I wanted to leave quietly, with no arguments or scenes, but it didnt work out that way. My husband was dead-set against the divorce.

After we split, I took my daughter to visit my parents in Oxford. While my mum looked after her granddaughter, I went job hunting. The truth is, I never really had much work experienceI’d only ever been a cashier. I didn’t know how to do anything else. My ex-husband works as a regional manager for a major supermarket chain, and thanks to his connections, he made sure that no one in the area would even consider hiring me.

Not a single shop in town would offer me a job, and even if I managed to get hired, I wouldnt last long.

My ex-husband just smirks and claims he has nothing to do with it. He says it’s all because I’m unqualified and useless. The child support he gives us is pitiful, even though his salary is more than generous. Between my mums pension and the child support, we barely manage to pay for the bills, food, and the basics for my daughter.

Every time he visits our daughter, he makes a point of humiliating me. He tells my daughter that her foolish mother left her husband and now has to live in poverty, without proper meals or toys, and pretends that hes sorry for her.

Then hell give our daughter a wad of cash and leave. At first I tried to ignore it, but my daughter is still so youngshe doesnt understand why Dad has money, and Mum doesnt. Lately, shes started asking if she can live with him: Daddys so nice and buys me everything, but youre mean and sneaky. I want to live with Daddy!

I honestly dont know how much more I can takemy nerves are completely shot. My mum does everything she can to support us and keeps telling me that somehow well sort things out, but Im not so sure. My ex knows all my weak spots, and I feel like hes crushing me emotionally. I can’t even imagine how much longer I can go on like this.