Hey, hope you are all keeping well. 😀
I am basically looking for advice, and to see if anyone’s been in the same situation. Basically my sons dad is not involved, doesn’t see him and hasn’t for about a year and a half. I don’t hear from any of their side of the family at all apart from My sons grandad (so my sons dad’s dad) who texts once every couple of months and will sometimes ask to see my son with his grandma. I organise this to meet somewhere public. But as my son gets older (he’s 2 atm) it’s dawned on me I don’t know what to do for the best interest of my son. Is it more detrimental for me to let him see him, as when they have seen him they’ve been stand offish and also brought up my sons dad into conversation and laughed in my face about it. I’ve always tried to keep civil for my sons sake as they said if I stopped them seeing him they would fight in court for my son which scared me. but I just can’t see how this is going to be beneficial for my son, and I can just see it confusing my son. And to be honest that’s not fair on him. Especially bringing him up on in conversation. Do I cut ties? Or do I just continue seeing them every so often. They saw my son last year about 4 times, and always made excuses why they’d not seen him sooner. Can my sons grandparents take me to court if his “dad” isn’t on the birth certificate?
I just want what’s best for my son, I want things to be as less confusing for him as possible and I wouldn’t ever want my son To feel as though he’s not cared about by them. I’m lucky I have such fab family as they really make up for the other side!
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you so much xx
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user1494270143 · 17/04/2020 10:26
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