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RonAsheton
My mum and dad got divorced when I was 3.
We saw him sporadically during most of the year, but often went to stay with him in the summer holidays. He was always very nice to us and got on well with my mum when they spoke. If he had any trouble, he would speak to her about it.
We knew he was a bit dodgy at times, with business deals and likely some association with the Malaysian/Chinese mafia, not that he was a member, but that he dealt with them, you had to to grease the wheels so to speak.
We never spoke about why they broke up when we were younger. Mum would never say a bad word about him really.
It was only when I was in my thirties did my dad confess that the reason they broke up was because he became a heroin addict.