Abandoned by mother at the age of 2. Dad left mom so mom left us 4 kids at Grandmas house. She wanted to party since our dad was out living the good life (she told me 40 years later when I met her). Got put in the foster care system in Illinois in the 70’s. Foster mom beat the crap out of me for about 2 years. Get adopted by an abusive woman who would beat the crap out of me and call me worthless on a daily basis. Adopted dad dies when I was 16 and adopted mom meets a new guy and takes off with him. I moved in with my adopted brother and his wife. She is a control freak and kicks me out for coming home 10 minutes late one night. I slept in my car and on friends couches my senior year of high school. At 22 and I meet a girl at a bar, we have a fling, find out she is pregnant. I do the responsible thing and we get married and I get a job and pay bills and provide. Not good enough for her. We divorce after two years. I am now working, paying support and seeing my son every day the courts allow me. Stay single for 4 years. Meet a girl, think she is different. She says she will never do what my first wife did to me. We had a daughter together and thing where ok for a while. Fast forward 20 years and we have been divorced 3 years now. When married I did all the cooking, laundry, cleaning, bill paying, everything I thought a good husband was supposed to do. Not good enough for her. We had a dead bedroom the last 7 years of the marriage. She made me feel like a piece of crap pretty much all the time. Abusive to me and my son. She left our daughter with me and moved 45 minutes away so she could live by her new boyfriend. (That relationship lasted 1 month!) The last three years have been the best of my life so far. My kids and I have the best relationship. My son can come over without her treating him like crap. It hurt a lot at first because I did try to love her and be a good husband. Now I take care of me and my kids. I joined a gym and lost 55 lbs. I started volunteering at the local jail and homeless shelter. I found a good church and have made a lot of friends. I love not being in a relationship. I love doing what I want, when I want to. No one barking in my ear. I have had 5 women in my life and the all where miserable human beings. The all abandoned me and treated me like crap even though they all said the loved me. I am living the rest of my days my own way!!