A Son of Divorced Parents

" I am a son of divorced parents, too", I said to a student who came to me, complaining about her underachievement. I do not need to go into details about this. And I do not care if somebody writes critically of me after saying so to a student of mine. It is mainly because I feel bitter hatred in my heart whenever I hear the word ' ...father', the thing I do not feel when I hear 'mother'. I very well know that only our mothers usually fall prey to divorce because of our fathers. Numerous are the students who drop out of school or who do poorly at studies just because of the row their parents have at home. Some people, like me, did not have the chance to live with their father. And it is only the mother who suffers and exerts herself hard to bring her children up well, while the father, carefree, is away, looking for a new bride. And when you ask your father about the reasons leading to their divorce, he instantly puts the blame on your mother. How should I believe him when he divorces my mother and goes on to get married to three other women? We can not blame it on four women, his wives, and forgive only one man, the father. There is no common sense here. Anyway, if you are so curious to know about the whole story, I recommend that you read " The Wife Whose Permission was not Asked", a short story I published in Souss Pens magazine last year.