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Hi guys! I’m Emma, and I’m here to tell you about the time my dad got into another relationship while he was still with my mom. With my teacher.
My dad was a teacher at my local school back a few years ago. He taught physical education, which is basically a gym teacher. My mother, on the other hand, was, and still is, a nurse for a public hospital. There’s always been a discourse between them from as early as when I was about six. What started off as small disagreements turned into something bigger as I got older. For awhile, I thought their arguing was a result of me. I was an average student with average grades. I never made honor roll and kind of slacked off when I got bored. In my mind, I thought they wanted a perfect, straight A student. In my third year of middle school, when their fights would last days, I decided to work harder. To get better grades. Maybe then they wouldn’t argue as much. I studied, through the night and through their loud disagreements. The entirety of the school year, I managed to pull out A’s and B’s… but it came with a cost.
I was stressed. Especially going into my last year of middle school. My grades weren’t helping my parents, I tried cooperating more with my family, and I stepped into the arguments sometimes. Nothing worked. It just seemed to of gotten worse. My stress and anxiety shot through the roof when my parents decided to separate in the middle of the school year. They still lived in the house together, but they removed their wedding rings and filed for a divorce that would take months to settle. By that point I was stressed, anxious, and a wreck. Neither of my parents sat me down to explain what was happening, so I was left confused and hurt. Two weeks after my parents decided to separate, I noticed my dad talking to my science teacher, Miss Liz. They were talking a lot more than usual. That messed up my thirteen year old self. “He’s cheating on mom!” Is what I would think. Even though I knew they were getting a divorce, I still couldn’t get that out of my head. In all honesty, he may of just been talking to her casually, as a coworker, but I was so confused at that point regarding my parents, I just assumed and believed he had a relationship with my teacher.
I had told my mom about how dad was talking to my teacher, and about how I thought they were in a relationship. She was pretty indifferent to the news, and told me he can date whoever he wants. That… didn’t help me at all. In my mind, I was confused. How could she be okay with it? She just brusquely told me that she and him were no longer together, and getting a divorce meant they were no longer going to live together. In class, Miss Liz would try to talk to me more, and attempt to get closer to me. It made me uncomfortable, because I didn’t know her that well. Outside of class, I was uncomfortable seeing him with another woman. I never told him that, though. He seemed happy and I didn’t want to ruin it for him.
Nearer my graduation, the divorce was finalized. My mom packed her things rather quickly and left. I was living with my dad… and his girlfriend, my teacher. She was nice enough. Pretty, I guess… she formally introduced herself to me and said she really liked my dad, and asked me if she had my blessing to date him. I knew she meant it as a joke, because they had been going out for a few months before. I’ve heard from the other kids she’s a kind person who can also be strict. That didn’t shift my view of her at all. I projected the blame on her for being the one who ruined my parents relationship. I blamed her because I was so angry and couldn’t let it out. Not only was my current teacher with my dad, who was also a teacher, but she there was a sort of expectation for me to treat her like a mother. She wanted to help me study, which was nice, but I didn’t want it back then. She was overly nice, and I hated it.
The day of my actual middle school graduation, my mom did come. So did my dad and Liz, obviously, they worked there. It was extremely awkward for me at the time. My mom, dad, and possible stepmom in a room together spelled disaster… but nothing bad happened. They were civil with each other. My mom said that she was happy that my dad found someone else, and my dad said he was happy she felt peace within herself. The only one who wasn’t content was me. Now that all three of them were there, it gave me the opportunity to finally let out what I had been feeling for the past couple of years. We were in public, so I couldn’t make a scene, but my parents and Liz listened. I do remember being really emotional. Liz explained to me that just because she was my teacher, and my father’s girlfriend, that doesn’t change my mom’s relationship with me. I didn’t hate her as much after that. Transitioning into high school was easier after that.

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