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What is the saddest thing your child has done? Malti replied. I had to get a divorce due to my ex being abusive and unfaithful. At the time of the divorce, our beautiful little girl was 3. I was granted total physical custody and allowed to decide when and if visits with my ex should happen. I informed my ex multiple times throughout the following years that he was free to call anytime. If he wanted to see his daughter, I was willing to meet him in a public setting and let them visit. I didn?t want to stand in the way of their relationship. He decided instead to exploit those visits and phone calls to harass me instead of bonding with his daughter. I refused to entertain him and as a result, he stopped calling and stopped coming around. I?ve had a front row seat to watching my sweet daughters heart get broken because of this. He hasn?t been to a birthday party since she was two. She?s 8 now. He hasn?t been to a single ball game, hasn?t watched a single Christmas program, hasn?t called just to see how she?s doing. And yet, she continues to talk about him. She still remembers how things used to be, how he used to push her on the swings at the park, how he used to tickle her tummy. One night not too long ago, she asked me a very pointed question. ?I understand that Daddy doesn?t love you anymore, Mommy. But why doesn?t Daddy love me?? I held her as she cried. And I cried too, because I didn?t have any answers for her. I hope he gets what?s coming to him. A man shouldn?t get to break a little girls heart like he?s broken hers.