My mother was married to my father for 15 years. They met when they were about 20yo. My father was Chad type. My mother was obviously very attractive. He is Czech, she is Polish and from countryside, so strongly religious. He was factory worker, she took care of our home and me. After the revolution in 1989 when we got rid of communism, you could actually start free bussiness. That's when my father got filthy rich. We talk huge houses, lamborghinis, you get the idea. My mother started her small bussiness with imported shoes. Of course he was mister bussinessman so at times he often made bussiness trips and I did not see him even for 2 weeks and so. Of course many times it wasn't bussiness trips, but fucking trip. He fucked so many women. We've found so many hidden polaroid photos of his sluts and heard so many times with whom he was and where, that it became sort of public secret. He was abusive. Many times I woke up in the middle of night and heard that he came home drunk and beat her. At this point you can say "And what? She wasn't able to leave her abusive and rich chad, how suprising". But just you wait. It was mid 90'. There was huge case of tax fraud in my country and my father was part of it. Everyone turned his back to him at court, so they could save their skin and he went to jail and he (we) lost EVERYTHING. My mother could easily divorce him at this point and rightfully so. And she could easily find another rich man, because she still had very high SMV. But she didn't. What she did was she bought our house back in auction, which made her indebted for rest of her life. She was the only one who often visited my father in prison and brought him food, items, and money he needed. After some time we found out that she actually wasn't the only one who visited him. There was another woman...with a kid. Yes I found out I had a brother. That was last straw for my mom and she finally divorced him. Yet she still visited him and brought things. She started a bussiness with second hand clothing shop. She worked, and still work extremely hard, like 12 hours a day minimum without any help from anyone. Now after so many years she has chain of four of them and has good money. When they released my father he had nowhere to go, so she allowed him to stay in a flat that was supposed to be for me. She allowed him to stay there for 15 years and wanted nothing in return! He now lives in a house with his other woman and my (now two) brothers. She dated guys and eventually found somewhat rich man who wanted to marry her. She could have easy life but she said no. They were together for like 10 years and have daughter. She never wanted anything from him in materialistic way. She still claims that my father is only husband she ever had and it will stay this way. They have somewhat good relationship now, but she would never want him back because of obvious reasons. My father is still a little bit depressed. He told me he would do everything if he could have her back. He knows what he had and lost. My mother is the true unicorn. The true strong, independent woman. The only one I know, but living example that unicorns aren't myth.