Visiting a former neighbor left my emotions in a tizzy.
Once an attractive beauty, she now has become a Beluga whale. The handsome and incredibly wealthy man she married nearly 15 years ago has abandoned her and their two beautiful teenage daughters. Now, they reside in a foreclosed home with no visible signs of food in the refrigerator or in the pantry.
Did I tell you that the former wife and kids sleep in a 3,000 square foot home without an air conditioner? Summer, with its torrid and suffocating heat, begins in two weeks.
Did I tell you that the former husband exercises every trick in the post-divorce playbook and has cleverly withheld paying alimony and child support for the past several years?
Did I tell you that his parents secretly helped him to hide rental properties and other marital assets that were accumulated during the marriage? Hey, Florida, what happened to 50-50?
Did I tell you that this despicable cad routinely gave his former wife and children broken bones or black and blue bruises?
Did I tell you that, during the course of the marriage, the former wife never worked outside of the home and does not possess a college degree?
Did I tell you that this “deadbeat” refuses to attend any school functions, sports activities, recitals, church programs, and teacher-parent conferences?
And, did I tell you that his girls have not seen or talked to their “dad” in a year?
Yes, visiting my former neighbor left my emotions in a tizzy.
I was left in a tizzy because it is unconscionable to bring any child or children into the world and withhold from them food, shelter, love, and other basics including your parental nurturing and support.
Hey, ladies, how about taking some advice from my paternal grandmother. She often reminded me that when you “lay down with a man, know that you will either be left with a baby or a disease.”
But what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Hey, men, how about taking some advice from me—either “snip it” or “cover it” so we won’t be left with your baby, your deadly disease, and your Houdini acts!
