Sad, Sad Story

Love and Hate- a story by Anonymous

no words can describe the sense of disgust i harbor towards my dad and his mistress. they are pathetic, disgusting little creatures. i wish he would keep his affair a little more discreet, hidden away like secret things not meant for the light of day. it tears and rips at my soul every time he speaks with her. he has now left the apartment to go see her. it is 11pm at night. why doesn't he just do me a favor and stay there all night? i'd rather not see his sick face when he returns tonight. after doing the deed with this unscrupulous creature. affairs are romanticized in films and novels. they can be sympathetic characters in fantasy. but in reality, they hurt family members. they hurt me. they hurt my mother, they hurt my sister. they hurt our extended family. he has brought utter shame onto this household. so much so that my mother cannot wait until our last name dies with my marriage.

i try to be mature. i try to be diplomatic. but the sense of betrayal seems natural. my lashing out seems uncontrollable. i cannot help but scream out to him. to bastardize his mistress's name with various expletives. i explain to him repeatedly that she is of no good. there is no pureness in her heart. a pure person would not choose this path: happiness at the expense of so many. what happiness can possibly be garnered??

he is with her now. and i want to scream and bash walls. it is no wonder i am so mentally disabled. so emotionally handicapped, so mistrusting of men. he should have been paying attention to the play we watched tonight. medea- a story of how betrayal can cause madness. how the thoughtless actions of one man can cause the murders of so many.

i am utterly disgusted. i love him, but i fear my true father has died a long time ago. he has been replaced with this uncaring, robotic man- with no sense of dignity. he has found another woman with no dignity as well. i sometimes wish i believed in hell or karma or an afterlife where deeds unpunished in waking life find true justice. when my father dies, she will not be at the funeral. when my father dies, she will not find out from me. when my father dies, i will make sure through legal means of dragging her name through the soot. libel and slander do not hold merit if what is being spoken is a fact. no falseties will leave my mouth. only the disgusting, utter, sad truth.

-Anonymous

Wow..what an amazing story! I'm so glad I don't have a dad like that!!

-so disgusted by you