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Ever since reading about Charles Rothenberg, the man who burned his own child (while he was sleeping) I'm wondering if a former loving parent can suddenly snap and commit such heinous act... while being remorseful afterwards and claiming to still loving his/her child.

Obviously, this is a scumbag and hopefully he's spending the rest of his life in prison. Though, I read that when his son was born, he was a loving, devoted father in the first 2 years and then the divorce (while at the same time serving time for forgery) greatly impacted him.

Fast-forward to when his son was 6 years old:
He takes him from NY to CA without his ex wife's permission. Upon finding this out, the ex wife is furious and demands him to bring him back to NY and once he does, he'll never see their child again. Those words got to him and he couldn't get over them. Then he snapped and did that horrible crime. So basically if his ex wife haven't said those words, he wouldn't have snapped. He would be taking his son to Disneyland as promised.
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-02/news/vw-1483_1_charles-rothenberg

The strange part I don't get is this so called ''father'' claims he wasn't upset with his son. He was getting back at his ex wife after what she told him and initially wanted to die with his child but he chickened out. What do you think? Can a loving parent that's not a psychopath snap into hurting his/her child they claimed to always loved?

Personally, I don't think so. I want to have a child one day and can't ever imagine hurting him/her in that manner.

"She met one of my friends lately, and asked me if they liked her. I had to lie. My friend went out of his way to NOT say anything about meeting her for the first time. That was a big red flag for me, and then pushes me down the road of do I want her to meet my parents? My other friends? We’ve been living in a bubble playing house. I’ve regrettably distanced myself from my friends as a result which makes me very sad. She is frankly quite embarrassing some times. And can’t contribute to an intelligent conversation but would then get mad about myself partaking in such a discussion. I’ll read a headline, and she’ll say “what does that mean?” I’m like what the fuck do you think it means. It’s words. On a page. If it’s not purses, or shoes, or celebrities, she doesn’t get it. I can’t watch the news because it makes her sad. I can’t talk politics because she has no clue what I’m talking about. I can’t listen to an NPR podcast with her because she’ll start talking 20 seconds in to it about something, anything."

He told me go take a reading comprehension class at that little school of mine

and whenever he is mad at me just tell me to leave he doesn't want to see me and that its his house and not ours, that makes me feel bad

He has apologized for all this stuff but it still is very hurtful. Especially since he knows I was pulled out of school by mom in 7th grade and beaten and told I was not college material and have busted my butt to get through college...

He is also gone 150 days out of the year for work so I rarely see him. When he is home he smokes pot on the porch and watches baseball and I think to make up for his absence he spoils me with lots of trips, gifts, concerts etc... I miss having a companion through the week, even though some women may argue they would love having the house to themselves all week long. Sometimes I feel I am just a convenience to him... I cook, clean, buy the groceries, watch and walk the dog, be there on the weekends so he's not alone