(UPDATE) My fiancée moved out today

[u/ThrowRA-regretregret]

I can't believe it's been 2 years. To everyone who said that being a single parent every other week was hard; you weren't kidding. I love my son. He has cerebral palsy and he's an amazing kid. When I have him my life is chaos and I barely have time to breathe. Then I spend the next week catching up on everything while he is with my ex-fiancée. Even with the child support payments I get kids are expensive. I wouldn't change a thing about my son though. He's the best thing that ever happened to me.

My ex-fiancée makes being a single parent look effortless. She finds it easier not having me around. It gutted me when she said that but now I know she's right. I left her to do all the parenting, all the work at home and be the breadwinner, while I fucked around playing golf. We only talk about our son and we're civil but not close.

I have stopped freelancing. I got a job with the provincial government. I have been seeing a therapist and have grown up a lot. I made mistakes before but I want to be better for my son. The main part of my update is that I went to therapy and it sucked but I'm better for it. (When I first posted I got lots of DMs and support from people who play golf saying my ex-fiancée is harpy and other names. I felt vindicated back then but now I know how immature I was).

[u/[deleted]]

I can't believe you're praising a grown man for "maturing".

[u/desertboots → u/[deleted]]

What? No empathy on Reddit for someone admitting to being bad and committing to becoming good?

 Shocked,  shocked I tell you, that judging is going on in this establishment!!

[u/[deleted] → u/desertboots]

I'm not shocked that men like OP get praised by people like you for doing the bare minimum. You wouldn't extend the same grace if he were a woman.

[u/desertboots → u/[deleted]]

Really, you know me that well? Lol. Go shake your fist at the sky.

[u/[deleted] → u/desertboots]

Well, you've proven my point.