This whole thing has been a cycle with her and my dad. He cheats and lies, my mom gets fed up, kicks him out, changes the locks even, he disappears for about a month or three with his mistress, then he starts coming around again, begs and pleads for my mom to take him back, makes a whole bunch of empty promises he has no intention of keeping, even cries. I don't know if the crying is real or fake or how he can be with his mistress one day and then come crying to my mom the very next day, but it works with my mom because she feels sorry for him and believes his empty promises. She is just getting to the point where she is not worried about him anymore. For the longest time my dad would use the crying and the emotional blackmail on her and she'd fall into the trap.