Do you still have respect to you Father if they have another woman?

Philippines
October 25, 2011 12:32am CST
What do you do when you are still under your father's roof and you know that he's been giving terrible pain to your mom for years because he has another woman?
9 responses
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
25 Oct 11
if im in your situation..i dont know also what to do..but i think because he is my father i will respect him but i think that i cannot give the respect that i give to him before..
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
25 Oct 11
Respect is something you have to earn. This also includes parents. Because they are your parent there is no reason to accept everything they do. I lost every piece of respect as I found out what kind of man my father is. He fall a long way down and although my mother was not an easy person I agree she did do a lot for him and she did not deserve this. Also my father is a coward in my eyes. He lied the whole way and at the same time he is saying phrases out of the bible to others (and pointing at them). I can't stand people like that. Since I don't live under his roof anymore we don't have contact anymore. We had for a while but he had more stinky behaviour as I could even imagine and he kept lying and abusing all those women. No respect at all.
@katrinapaz (2436)
• Philippines
25 Oct 11
i will lose my respect to my father for doing such a terrible thing to my mother. if they decide to break up then that is no problem with me because we are already adults and i can already understand them instead of living under one roof and hurting each other
• Philippines
25 Oct 11
I once lost respect to my father when I learned that he has other woman.We argued with him, shouted at him and treat him like he is the dirtiest being on earth but soon we realized that it should not be the case.Treating him like that only promotes violence in the family.There must be some reason why your father seeks the company of other woman,and the more you treat him badly,the more she'll get closer to that woman.I'm not saying to tolerate your father's infidelity but try to talk to him, find out the reason of his misbehavior.Maybe that way you can keep your father in your family and away from his other woman.
• India
25 Oct 11
Just i will stand on my legs earning and get my mom separated from him. So friend if you are studying now just keep on concentrating on your studies and get a nice job with good salary and make your mom free and happy..
@bb_gabs (205)
• Philippines
25 Oct 11
If I will be on that situation, I will talk to my dad, as his daughter/son I have the right to know what is happening to our family, for I am also a part of it. But remember, talk to your parents in a respectful manner, for whatever happens they are still your parents, I will talk to my dad in a heart to heart manner, I will ask him, what is the problem to our family and what caused him to find another woman, what did he saw in his other woman that he did not find in my mom?? And on that I can think of the next step I will do to keep my family. Just talk to your father in a calm and respectful manner and I know, your father will open up to you. And who knows, maybe, you can enlighten your father's heart to love your mother again.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
25 Oct 11
I have a father who has left us for anotherwoman. he left his family of 3 for another woman he just met(a secretary) and well that is when i lost respect for him... it started when he was the one who told us that my mom asked him to choose and he chose her (that is what he said). and then the next few days and months and years are just hard for us. he never gave anything, any money to help us with and iguess i already have lost respect for him because he never cared and never asked forgiveness. It would have been different if he realises that he wanted to fix the family and would do better next time...
@narnia007 (1050)
• India
25 Oct 11
No.I won't have any respect for him.Even more,I will be loose every little respect when I come to know that he ill treats my mother.In my culture also,such a sitiation is condemened.In such a case,I wil try to solve the problem between my parents.If it fails,me and my mom wil go away from my father.No need to be in pain for rest of the life.
• China
25 Oct 11
Actually, I have a considerate father. And he loves my mom very much. However, if I were in this position, I can hardly forgive my dad because I love both of my dad and mom and I don not want to see a sad face each.