My Family Froze Me Out, I'm Done.

My wife was a master of the silent treatment.

A flicker of unhappiness, a slammed door, and she'd be gone for ten days, sometimes half a month.

I'd grown used to it, used to adjusting my emotions, smiling, and taking care of our son.

Until the day I was helping Leo with his homework and saw his wish.

"I wish Dad would disappear."

"He's so scary when he loses it with Mom."

From that moment on, I finally woke up.

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Sunday nights were always the hardest to stomach.

My procrastinating son was bawling his eyes out, trying to finish tomorrow's homework, while Scarlett, the queen of the…