ESTANISLAO CONTRERAS

Kali Contreras, the wife of Estanislao Contreras, is accusing her husband of adultery in her petition for divorce. The couple have been separated for more than a year and the turbulent marriage appears over.

Represented by attorney Fred Kowalski, who also represented her in her previous divorce, Contreras' petition asserts as part of the grounds for divorce that the "marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities between Petitioner and Respondent that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation."

"Ms. Contreras could have been granted a divorce on these grounds and received the child support and health insurance required by law," stated Justo Leyes, Contreras' lawyer. "But then she charges her spouse with 'cruel treatment' and 'adultery' after her initial complaint. She is looking for a bigger payday."

The McHale Report repeatedly texted and phone Ms. Contreras, but she did not answer. The poet of Chicano Fuck Songs, on the other hand, sat down with the alternative press and presented his side of the story.

"Mr. Leyes has advised me to remain quiet, but I can't allow her to lambaste me without presenting my defense," said the writer and journalist. "Husbands still have First Amendment rights. In divorces women are innocent until proven guilty while men are guilty until proven innocent. I have been more than fair with my wife financially. I love my daughter and I have provided for her generously. We could have settled this matter quietly, but she has decided that she can squeeze me for more bucks.

"She has never taken this attitude toward her ex. He pays a paltry $250 a month for two children when he even bothers to pay. For the past decade I have paid the $300 for her children's health insurance. As men, we endure tremendous mental and emotional abuse, but rather than kill our 'better' half as others have done when his women belittled their manhood, we choose to kill ourselves instead.

"I have been imperfect as a man, but for ten years I have listened to a wife brag about her past lovers, telling me I bored her and repeatedly refusing to have sex, taunting me on several occasions that she wanted another guy's hard cock in her hot cunt, and forcing me to pay her $50 the last time we had relations. On behalf of men, as part of my crusade to fight the good fight, I ask who are the real culprits for the soaring number of divorces these days?

"Mr. Leyes has warned me that I could be losing a lot of money by speaking out, but I've lost. I once had my daughter 100% of the time. I have her but 20% of the time. When we were a family, she was taking golf, tennis and swimming lessons. Now she stays in her room and plays video games.

"I spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours teaching my step-daughter and step-son tennis and golf. They became champions in their sports. Their mother, in the same manner with our daughter, didn't have the time or cash for them. And the father!?! A bum from the barrio. I was the male figure who never forgot their birthdays or Christmases. I paid for the house that provided each with his and her own bedroom. I was the one who took them all over the country and treated them to expensive meals at scores of restaurants. I did it because I loved them and I wanted to make Kali happy.

"I asked for one thing: I asked that my wife take care of me sexually. After regaling me about her friends with benefits, the excitement of screwing on ecstasy and the fun of juggling two and three lovers at once, she couldn't take care of her husband as a wife should. I am far from perfect and I am a sinner, but we have reached this fork in the road because Kali didn't appreciate me. Her dismissive attitude made me angry, resentful and vengeful.

"After all these years of neglect exacerbated by tormenting me with her past, she finally wants to screw me. Kali sees my retirement and she wants a chunk to inaugurate her single life in style until she can find someone else to provide for her. Go for it, hon.

"What is the difference between my wife and me? If I were to win custody, I would tell Kali that she wouldn't have to pay me a cent and I would pay the insurance. I don't have the welfare-mother mentality. I relish spending time with my daughter and teaching her all I know. I don't look at my daughter as a source of income.

"I look at Kali's petition for divorce and I shake my head in disbelief. Who could have thought that we would have come to this? There was a time with her when I had never been happier in my life.

"I have never loved a woman more. I still love her, but, unfortunately, I have never hated anyone more. Like a terminal cancer, my hate grows. I have learned a wretched truth: Love is the beginning of hate."