Talk to Papa Joe: A Reader's Plea for Help
Published on: May 17, 2026, 1:56 pm
Dear Papa Joe,
I will just use the name Ms. J. My problem is about my ex, the father of my children. We have been separated for seven years, but now, even though he has impregnated two other women and has a new girlfriend, he still keeps disturbing my life.
We have had no contact ever since, but he does not want me to marry anyone else. He still wants to use me and force himself on me.
It shows that he has no respect for me. What makes it worse is that he uses the children to badmouth me to them.
Please, Papa Joe, help me. Thank you and more power.
Ms. MJ
Papa Joe's Response
Ms. MJ, good morning and thank you for trusting us to write to our program. I know your situation is not easy.
After seven years of separation, instead of having a peaceful life, he still harasses and controls you.
What is even more painful is that he involves your children to ruin your image in their eyes. What he is doing is not love.
It is called an attempt to still control you even after your relationship has ended.
If he truly respected and loved you as the mother of his children, he would not hurt you, he would not force you, and he would not use your children just to get what he wants.
Lastly, report this to the barangay and, if you wish, file a case for rape because he forced himself on you.
Papa Joe
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