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dd wants to meet my dad

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MumOnaMission · 18/08/2005 22:39

I haven't spoken to my dad since I was a teenager as we had a big fall out. Now my dd has started asking about him and says she wants to meet him. She is nearly 5. I never anticipated this and I don't know what to do.

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hercules · 18/08/2005 22:40

I guess it depends on the sort of person he is. I havent spoken to my father since I was 18 (now 31) and my 9 year old asks about him occasionally but him meeting my kids is out of the question.

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MumOnaMission · 18/08/2005 22:46

What do you tell them?

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hercules · 18/08/2005 22:47

That he wasnt a good dad and didnt want to be a dad so I dont see him. He's happy with that.

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MumOnaMission · 18/08/2005 22:49

I told her that we fell out a long time ago and I don't see him and he lives a long way but then she started getting excited about going on a boat to where he lives!

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MumOnaMission · 19/08/2005 20:22

She's at it again. Today she asked dh if she could go to grandad's. He thought she meant his dad but she said "no, on the boat"