Ex-P has let down DD yet again. Today was his day to visit, but I recieved an email last night saying he was feeling unwell so wouldn't be coming down today.
Not the first time he's bailed on our DD, to the point that her reaction to Dad not coming down was "oh, ok then, can I have some more toast?"
He never rings, or emails asking after her between visits, and visits themselves are arranged so last minute it's unreal, and now he's also said he can't have her at all during Easter or Summer Holiday as he's already booked his holiday allowance at work for things he wants to do.
Thankfully have some great supportive friends and family so won't be without childcare even though some days will mean a total of 5 hours on buses back and forth.
Keep cycling between being really effed off, and then being tearful. My mother was a NRP and I know how her wishy-washyness as far as her children affected me and it breaks my heart that DD could be feeling the same way.
Any suggestions of how to broach all this with Ex-P without it coming across as an attack? He's very delicate as far as criticism is concerned and am fairly sure he'll view his £10/w maintenance as making him the perfect father.
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yanniwoo · 14/03/2015 16:12
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