My parents divorced when I was 6 years old. My mom get fed up with my dad and just walked out the door. She stayed close (within the next town) and my brother and I visited her every weekend. My dad made it obvious he didn't want us in his life. When my parents were together, at Christmastime my mom would ask for help in hanging lights or anything and my dad would sit on the couch with a beer and say "You're the one who wanted kids, do it yourself." About 2 years later, my mom met my current stepdad, who's a really nice guy, and they've been together since. My mom moved around a few times due to financial problems but now lives within 15 minutes of my dads house, and always kept it at that distance. My dad went through about 4 women before finding my stepmom. The third one he almost married, but then kicked her out because he didn't like her daughter. The fourth is my current stepmom, theyve been together nearly 5 years. My stepmom made no effort to show she didn't like me, it was obvious to tell. My dad also doesnt like me and now had more things to yell at me about, like every time I pissed off my stepmom. My brother left and went to live with my mom 4 years ago, his freshman year in high school. I didn't, because he had to change school because of it. But then the year after, he was going back to my school. So I built up the courage and told him I was leaving, endured about 5 hours of yelling and screaming as he raged and left to live with my mom at the beginning of this year. And it's been good