Reddit Relationship Advice: Affairs, Custody Battles, and Parental Estrangement

Post 1: Affair and Child Custody Dispute

• 👨‍💼 An OP admits to an affair and subsequent separation from his wife, who is now preventing him from seeing their three-year-old son.
• 💔 The wife claims she needs time to process, while the OP suspects she is trying to cut him off completely, despite his offers for visitation and FaceTime.
• 🗺️ A comment reveals the OP moved to another state, presumably with his affair partner, casting doubt on his sincerity in wanting to see his son.

Post 2: Parental Estrangement and Teenage Defiance

• 👩‍👧‍👦 A mother struggles with a lack of deep maternal connection to her 16-year-old daughter, Lizzy, from a previous relationship.
• 💥 Tensions escalate when Lizzy defends her younger brother against parental yelling, leading to a severe argument and the mother sending Lizzy to live with her ex-husband.
• 💔 The mother now wishes to cut off contact with Lizzy, despite her daughter's attempts to reconcile and an offer of family therapy.
• 🗣️ Comments suggest the mother and her current husband may be verbally abusive, and that Lizzy is calling out their behavior.

Post 3: Grandparent Rights and Parental Alienation

• 👴 A grandfather is denied access to his son, his son's wedding, his grandchild's birth, and any future involvement in the child's life.
• ⚖️ He inquires about grandparent rights, filing for visitation, and potentially superseding his son's parental rights to see his grandchild.
• 😠 A comment suggests the son's estrangement is due to his father's ungratefulness.

Post 4: Wife's Cancer Diagnosis and Husband's Reaction

• 💔 A husband walks out of the hospital after his wife is diagnosed with ovarian cancer and told she will likely need a hysterectomy, ending their dream of biological children.
• 😠 He expresses anger not at the cancer, but at his wife for prioritizing her career, which he believes prevented them from having children sooner.
• 😔 The husband prioritizes his own disappointment and feelings over his wife's situation, focusing on the loss of his dream of biological children.

Post 5: Affair, Discovery, and Disinheritance

• 💔 A man confesses to a prolonged affair while married with a child, driven by resentment and lack of intimacy in his marriage.
• 🕵️‍♀️ His wife discovered the affair through his WhatsApp messages and saved passwords, and with the help of her lawyer friend, gathered evidence while pretending ignorance.
• 💥 The wife exposed him to his parents, leading to him being slapped, disowned, and disinherited.
• ⚖️ He lost custody of his child, faced multiple court cases, and is now financially and emotionally drained, regretting his actions.