Dear Mandi,

You have more friends and supportors on this forum than you know. We all have dirty laundry in the closet that we had no control over. You are not alone. Whatever decision you make I know there will be allot of us supporting you and your boys. It may be the hardest decision you will ever make but it's your decision. Do what your gut is telling you to do!!! Your first instinct is usally correct. Dennis will thank you when it's all over. And I hope and pray he returns to the old Dennis. For you and the boys to continue to live with Dennis in his present condition is not fair to you or the boys.
My father (if you can call him one) walked out on my mother and seven kids in 1962, I was 12 years old. He was not a drinker and they didn't fight. One day we got home from school and he was gone. I have seen him twice since 1962 and not for the last 30 years. My Mother was a housewife and she ended up running the municpal golf cource resturant for about 10 years. My sisters and brothers and I all pitched in and we made it. The bastard father rarely sent child support as he moved west and remarried.
Everyone of my brothers and sisters have very strong work ethics and learned early on if you want something you have to work for it. Nothing in life is free!! I don't love my father and I don't hate him. To me he is nothing. It shows the true character of a man who could do what he did.
Thankfully none of my brothers or sisters inherited any of his traits. Sorry for getting off your original post but I wanted you to know that a strong woman such as yourself will survive. My prayers are with you and whatever decision you make you will have my best wishes!!!

Your Friend, Daniel