What would you do if one day you'll found out your Dad is having an affair?..
@elephantgirl28 (98)
Philippines
March 30, 2009 8:54pm CST
If one day you will find out that your dad, the man you always trusted is betraying your trust by having an illicit affair with another woman. Then what makes it worst is that woman is a close family friend of yours...
What would your reactions be? How would you feel?At first your family relationship is like having a joy ride with your family's favorite car and in the steering wheel is your favorite dad. You know the ride would be very much enjoyable because your family is complete and dad is driving. Every curves are passed by joyously and laughter is in the air. The ride was so smooth and happy.
Then suddenly you reach to a point where the road turns out to be very difficult, there are lot of humps and there are lots of curves. Trusting dad is still in the wheel you turn to look at him, but to your horror you saw mom instead, She was trying to avoid the humps on the road and trying to drive well and carefully. Mom was succesful but you are wondering where is dad?
Then the ride became so fast and mom was trying to drive well, you saw ahead another car was coming on your direction. Mom tried everything she can to avoid the coming car, but to your horror the car was running right to your family's car. Mom could do nothing. To your great disappointment before you are thrown out of the car, you saw your dad driving the car with another woman beside her. Blackout.
You wake up in the hospital and learn that your mom had a terrible broken bones and your sister is in the ICU with 50/50 situation.
You yourself is hurting from head to foot. Then you also learn that your dad and the other woman was safe and secure from physical damage in the accident that happened?How would you feel toward your dad?
Would you still forgive him, by causing your family's terrible accident, by causing the pains you are feeling now?
2 responses
@karbuks (270)
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
i really can't imagine my father to be with another woman. He is known to be my knight in shining armor because he is always there to protect me and my sisters. On the other hand, he has been a good husband to my mother. i just would like to share a person i know where her husband had been doing it lately. They had two beautiful kids, one is seventeen years old and the other is ten. whats worst about it is the wife would like to go away together with her children because it has been hurting them and maybe can cause trauma to their kids but unfortunately she cannot do it because she only depend on her husband financially. the father is so close with their daughters but the hate in them is already starting to grow. I really dont know why most fathers do it to their family leaving their kids behind. anyways, maybe time will heal and soon they must be able to forgive their fathers because after all, it is their father no matter what happen.
@elephantgirl28 (98)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
well as time goes by one could heal the pains inside.
It is also true that the only way live happily in this world is when you know how to forgive. that is life. I hope the person you know will have her family reconciled sooner or later.
@Carolinaqt782 (193)
• United States
31 Mar 09
i got lost somewhere along the story and couldn't tell if you were still making a metaphor or telling an actual occurrence lol, but i would feel devastated. i would be in shock and overcome with disbelief, as i could NEVER in a million years picture my father doing this. i would confront him and tell him i knew, as well as make sure he knew how i felt about it. i would also confront the other woman. lastly, i would tell my mother. as much as it may hurt her, she would deserve to know.
although i'd be terribly hurt and angry at what he did to my family, i would forgive my father. it's one of the worst mistakes you can make in life, but in my opinion, next to everyone deserves a second chance and a shot at forgiveness.
i would hope my parents could work to resolve whatever sparked the affair in the first place. if a divorce was best for their situation, i would hope they chose that route, although i generally am against divorces(simply because i think a lot of people today don't fully think before they go into a marriage and they have the mentality 'we can just get divorced if it doesn't work!') i would love my father just the same, whether i was angry at him or not.
@elephantgirl28 (98)
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
lol..it was just a metaphor.
You are right everybody needs a second chance and yes many people are practicing the mentality you are talking about, i just don't know why.
It would be much happier if there are no broken families in the world and evryone would just be as forgiving as you think.
