Just got to sound off. Ds will be 14 in a couple of weeks, now for most of his life his fuckwit dad, has practically ignored his existence. It's been 11 years since we split, we're both remarried with other children. Some years, he's bothered to make the effort 5 times in a year, most years it's been more like twice, this despite the fact he lives less than a five minute drive away. I've been left to pick up the pieces when he can't be bothered. Examples of his sterling behaviour include the year he didn't bother making any arrangements to see ds, told him that if he wanted to see him he could call him, which ds did about 5 times in the one year, he gave up after the fifth excuse of 'sorry son, I'm just too busy' (WTF). This is in complete contrast to his parents, who everytime ds phones them, clear their diaries and make time to be with him, they've been great. Ex phones ds this holiday, first time since March and wants to see him, ds comes back with a huge list of dates to stay over. Now last time ds requested to stay over, they didn't have 'enough space', amazingly despite having two growing children, they've now conjured up enough for him to stay.
I've never slagged him off in front of ds, believing that it would be childish and detrimental to do so, but I am so fucking pissed off that I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up for. Argghh.
Why the fuck does this issue drive me to distraction?
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rantinghousewife · 31/08/2007 19:59
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