A year and a half ago my step father, who had been a part of my life since i was 4, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He fought for 5 months until it overtook him. It was terrible to watch him go through it but i got to be by his side every day until the end. He passed away at 49 years old. It destroyed my mother. 3 months later, my actual father, who had fought and beat lung cancer a few years ago, was given the news that his cancer was back and it had spread everywhere. Again, i sat by his side every day, and i got to help him until the end. He passed 2 months later after starying up with him all night after everyone else had gone to sleep. His last words were "Thank you son". A couple weeks after the funeral back in October, i went by his house to pick up a few things. When i walked in, my step mother and my dad's best friend (who was married at the time) came running out of the bedroom. They had been sleeping together. In fact, she had been cheating on my dad for the last year of his life. After talking to my grandfather, my dad had confided in him, telling him that he had known she was cheating but that he couldn't fight her and cancer at the same time. She sold their house and all of their belongings and moved out of state with my dad's best friend in November. She refuses to talk to me now but according to Facebook, they got married last month. I've lost 3 parents in the last year and a half and my mom is still pretty destroyed from it all. I don't talk about these things with too many people because it hurts so much. I have cried the entire time writing this. But Destiny, and is community, are one of the only outlets i have where i can just shut the outside world out for a bit. Thanks for this thread. Writing that helped