I’m not sure if this is the right group to post this in. If not, sorry.

I don’t even know where to begin with this issue. I’ve discussed it with my mom, boyfriend, friend and niece. They are pretty much the only people in my life. But I’m still at a loss for the situation. My daughter is 8 1/2. Her father and I split when she was about 2 1/2. He was in and out of her life and hardly ever paid child support. He met a woman right after we split and she didn’t like my daughter and it was known. He never came around. He even went a year without seeing her or calling me about her. They finally broke up after 4 years. He met someone else soon after. I thought this one would be different. I was wrong. She controls every aspect of his life just like the one before. We didn’t get along based on the fact she would say things in front of my daughter that shouldn’t be said. I didn’t like that. I don’t think they ever had her best interests at heart. She had already had hatred towards me it seems. It was like he was the perfect dad and I was just the bitch of a baby momma. But I let him have another chance after him not being in her life most of the time. He has an older daughter who just turned 11, he signed over his rights not too long ago cause she was going to be adopted by her moms ex bf who raised her. I completely understood that because he was never apart of her life either since she was 2. She didn’t really know him. The last straw was when she (his new gf) said in front of my daughter that he signed his rights over the wrong one. I didn’t want to my daughter to be around that kind of person who felt that way about her. All because of her dislike of me. He stopped paying child support regularly. She got pregnant and they know have a son. My daughter has only seen her dad since September when the baby was born. My daughter has no interest of being with her dad and now wife. So we haven’t heard anything from him til February when he randomly asked if she could come to their wedding. I was out of town so she couldn’t. And now as of two days ago, he called. He explained that he hired a lawyer and he wants to sign over his rights. Just like that. I’ve just been a mess since then. Not because I want him as her father but because I don’t want her to feel like he didn’t want her. It just breaks my heart that a father would do something like that just because he didn’t want to be financially responsible. His lawyer even agreed with me as to why he is doing this. I’m just so angry and sad and hurt over this. He already signed rights off to his first child and now is doing the same with mine. All while he has a new baby and a wife. And I know I don’t have to agree but I know deep down this is for the best but I just can’t wrap my head around how people can be. This stuff didn’t start happening til he met her and it’s only been barely 2 years. It’s really mind boggling. I’m sorry if this story is all over the place but I just needed to vent.