My father was cheated on.

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This happened around last summer but I'm still having trouble coping with it because it makes me SO annoyed. VERY long post, sorry about that.

 

A few years ago my dad started dating this woman (I live with my mom, parents separated) who he met through a friend. She was this friend's brother's fiance, and she left him for my dad. If that wasn't a red flag from the beginning, I don't know what is. Unfortunately, I didn't hear this from my dad but from his friend.

 

She was actually a pretty decent person and was around 8 years younger than my father. They would go out all the time and invite me to do things with them. I started to appreciate her more and more as a mom figure, since my mom wasn't doing much and didn't pay attention to me as much as they did. I wanted to move in with them when they started living together because I felt so depressed around my mom at home.

 

Then one day, she got pregnant by my dad. I was around 14 when it happened and they had been dating for two years by then, I think. My dad sat me on the couch and told me that nothing is going to change. I said, "Yes it will. This is your fault." And I still hold it to him today that I was completely right, because this woman started to become a real a-hole, not just to my dad but also to me. She constantly acted like she was better than everyone else because she was having this baby. Of course, this was "all in my head" according to her and my dad ALWAYS took her side. We started to grow apart. It was hard to deal with because I still felt the way I did while at home.

 

When the baby was born I was 15. I resented the idea of him and still sort of do, it doesn't help that he's constantly misbehaving. However, she still acted like a complete jerk. Her and my dad got engaged and they were beginning to plan what would have been the worst thing to happen in my entire life. Everything was all about her family so she made my dad move with her to live close to her mother. She said once that she understood how my dad and I needed time together but I never got it because of her. Our relationship became strained and I resented both of them. I called my half-brother "my dad's son" because I was so fed up with everything.

 

Last summer, I was out with a friend when my dad called me. I rushed home and called him back, only to find out the best news I've ever heard! They had split up! I was ecstatic, but when I asked why, I never felt angrier. She had been cheating on him with veterans from the college she works at for around a year... This is obviously illegal. She started dressing up to go out when she never had before, meeting them at bars and if asked, "Oh, we just ran into each other!" There were multiple men sending/receiving naked pictures to/from her on Facebook, which my dad found out about because they shared a laptop. She started verbally abusing him and the baby: blowing cigarette smoke in his face, giving him a bowl of dry Cheerios for dinner, etc. She would stay out all night and come home plastered, then sleep on the couch. She took the car my dad bought for her and drove drunk, got pulled over but wasn't arrested because she knows people. And she blamed my dad for all of it, because he "didn't love her". During this phone call, my dad apologized to me and told me I was right. He also said that she would call me a bitch and other things behind my back, directly to him. Sorry honey, I saw through you way before anyone else did.

 

She talked me into going to the university she works for and that school year, I actively searched for her whenever I was out on campus. I wanted so badly to give her a piece of my mind and rip her hair out, and I still do. If there was some way I could plague her house, I would. I hate her more than anyone else in the world. She's a horrible mother and I wish that my dad reported her to the university. The only reason he hasn't is because the baby gets benefits.

 

Sorry for the long post and I applaud you if you read this far! I don't know what I'm looking for in terms of responses. Just want to share this experience because I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.