Annie Lane

Dear Annie: I am a 43-year-old woman with a 6-year-old daughter. Her father is 50. We were never in a serious relationship, just friends with benefits, until I became pregnant. At first, he wanted nothing to do with the baby and even pushed for an abortion. I chose to continue the pregnancy, and eventually he came around and was there during that time.

When I gave birth, he dropped me off at the hospital but didn’t come in. He was at home when I returned with our daughter. He stayed with us for the first six months and then went to jail. After he got out, he wasn’t consistently involved. He would show up when it suited him.

As our daughter got older and started forming a bond with him, he moved in with me. I live with my elderly father, and we are technically together, but it

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