Hello, Savannah, and Happy Sunday!

Not necessarily. Life is rarely that simple. Your not wanting to leave your boyfriend after learning that he cheated on you may have something to do with what you call "daddy issues" but there are a lot of girls out there whose dads who are very much a part of their lives and yet they are just as reluctant to leave their boyfriends when betrayed. I can tell that you're young--somewhere around 15 or 16, is my guess--and the truth is, at that age, landing a boyfriend who remains loyal through thick and thin is like expecting it to snow in July. Girls tend to be more loyal, which may or may not work against them. You haven't left him because you probably believe his promises that it will never happen again. That's not a bad thing; girls are more trusting and as likely to give their errant boyfriends a second or third chance. However, you cannot always blame your dad's failures whenever there's a mishap with boyfriends. That he left his family when you were still a child is bad enough, but it doesn't have to destroy you; his abandonment, and involvement with drugs, is on him. It's his burden, not yours. Your reluctance to drop the boyfriend, which would force you to confront your fear of being abandoned by another male, is on you. Your dad walked out on you because he had issues that rendered him emotionally incapable of being a responsible parent, so now he's gone, at least physically. Take this difficult step: drive him out of your consciousness and take responsibility for your thoughts and actions. The only way to stop your dad from messing up your life through his abandonment is to imagine that he is in the same room with you, and you holler: "Dad if you don't want to be in my life, fine, then go; I'm going to live it without you!"

Yes. But it’s not too late to change your future and turn it all around