{"id":6319,"date":"2024-10-13T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/?p=6319"},"modified":"2024-10-13T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T13:12:39","slug":"my-ex-husband-used-me-as-a-cook-and-nanny-for-his-kids-15-years-later-his-daughter-shocked-me-to-tears-i-met-will-when-i-was-22-and-he-was-a-newly-widowed-29-year-old-with-two-children-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/?p=6319","title":{"rendered":"MY EX-HUSBAND USED ME AS A COOK AND NANNY FOR HIS KIDS \u2013 15 YEARS LATER, HIS DAUGHTER SHOCKED ME TO TEARS. I met Will when I was 22, and he was a newly widowed 29-year-old with two children. We had a whirlwind courtship where he introduced me to the kids and got me involved in their lives VERY early (the first few days after I met him). Will was certain I was &#8220;the one&#8221; for him and his kids. We married a year later. Our wedding ceremony also included me and the kids making promises to each other, which was Will&#8217;s idea. Soon, Will shoved ALL the childcare onto me despite my full-time job. He justified his lack of involvement with various reasons, gradually spending more time playing video games and adopting a dismissive attitude towards me, which he fostered in the children as well. Within the first year, I recognized the marriage was a mistake, yet felt bound by my promises to the children. A few years later, I ultimately filed for divorce and moved out while no one was home, leaving a note to explain my departure. Will&#8217;s daughter, Tamara, called me 15 years post-divorce. The phone fell out of my hands, and I started crying when she claimed \u2b07\ufe0fRead More in comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I married a man after dating shortly, thinking we\u2019d be happy. Some people might say that his forcing me to meet his kids within a few days of us dating was a red flag, but I didn\u2019t see it. By the time I realized I was in too deep, it was too late, and I was forced to put my well-being first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I married a man after dating shortly, thinking we\u2019d be happy. Some people might say that his forcing me to meet his kids within a few days&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6321,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions\/6321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aboutlife.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}