Dear Lindsey:

Of course, a parent’s first priority should be their minor-age child, especially when the child is sick.. and especially with such a disease as leukemia. A parent should not be engaged in any relationship that takes away from their time and energy with their child.

I don’t know him though, I don’t know if he would have given you what you need if his child was not sick.. I don’t even know if he gives his daughter what she needs!

What you need is not what you are getting from him and that’s very clear to me and to you, and it is not a situation that you like another time around. I wish you knew a decent man who has no kids.. there are such men, not that it makes them relationship material, but it would help to have a boyfriend who is available to be a boyfriend!

anita