I wouldn't say anything criminal is happening there. I actually worked for a month and a half next door and seen enough to give me a reasonable assurance of my first impressions.
I just think that he is being deprived of a normal relationship that usually happens at his age. He has been there...
I probably cannot put to words the atmosphere there that day or the attitude change in the guy when she pulled in. It was definitely abuse in my mind. The poor guy was making an excuse for everything she said he should have had done.
That is kind of how I felt... sorry for him and his kid. A little girl growing up only seeing one kind of mommy and IMO not a very good/healthy one. The woman referring to him as "the boyfriend" in his presence was enough for me.
I was hired by a woman to do a small job through my business. The woman was not able to be there at the time but told me the "boyfriend" (never told me his name) would be there to move vehicles from the work area. I completed the job about 15 minutes before the woman got home. Upon her arrival...