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I\u2019m Jake, 32, and my life revolves around my three-year-old daughter, Allie. She\u2019s a total daddy\u2019s girl \u2014 breakfasts, park trips, bedtime stories \u2014 we do everything together. My wife, Sarah, seemed fine at first, but over time, she started feeling left out.<\/p>\n
One night, after putting Allie to bed, Sarah said, \u201cYou need to move out for a few weeks. Don\u2019t tell Allie.\u201d<\/strong> She claimed Allie needed to bond with her. I was shocked, but after hours of arguing, I agreed to stay at my friend Mike\u2019s for one week \u2014 only if I could explain it to Allie.<\/p>\n Being away was torture. Every night, Allie asked when I was coming home. On the fifth day, I couldn\u2019t stand it. I bought her a Happy Meal and went to surprise her.<\/p>\n When I walked into the house, I heard laughter \u2014 but it wasn\u2019t Allie.<\/strong> That\u2019s when I realized the truth: she didn\u2019t send me away for bonding \u2014 she sent me away for him.<\/p>\n Sarah tearfully said she felt lonely and left out. But betrayal has no excuse.<\/p>\n We separated. I moved into a small apartment nearby to stay close to Allie. We now co-parent \u2014 civil, but nothing more. Sarah joined a support group and her bond with Allie slowly improved. I\u2019m grateful for that, but I can\u2019t forgive her.<\/p>\n Every night, when Allie asks, \u201cDaddy, will you always be here?\u201d I\u2019m Jake, 32, and my life revolves around my three-year-old daughter, Allie. She\u2019s a total daddy\u2019s girl \u2014 breakfasts, park trips, bedtime stories \u2014 we do everything together. My wife, Sarah, seemed fine at first, but over time, she started feeling left out. One night, after putting Allie to bed, Sarah said, \u201cYou need …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9151,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9149\/revisions\/9151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sarah was on the couch with her coworker, Dan.<\/p>\n
I tell her, \u201cAlways.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"