A little back story for you all. So my dad has never been in my life. Right after I was born, youngest of 3, he left my mom and I have never seen him. According to courts he’s been in and out of jail, rehab etc. My mom was a single mom until I was 12, that’s when Mike came into the picture.
Mike was awesome. He treated me and my sisters like our dad. He was the father I never had. My mom and him dated until I was 17. Mike got an amazing job offer a state over. And it was too good to turn it down. He wanted us to move. But I was just starting my senior year and my mom didn’t want to up route me. And we’ll she couldn’t leave her job. They did the long distance thing and it didn’t work. They broke up, sadly, very peaceful and still remain great friends.
2 years ago I decided to transfer to another university. The university just so happened to be in the same city Mike moved to. Mike always remained kind of close after the break up. He’d send us texts on our birthdays and holidays. He sent me small gifts on my birthday like gift cards for gas etc.