Went out for dinner with my adult kids today.
Their father is from another country, a long way away. Both my kids have dual nationality. My son visited for a month a few years ago.
I lived there with my son for two years when he was a baby. I moved back here when expecting my daughter as, after being encouraged to live there by my ex’s separated parents, in reality we barely saw either of them, I was young and isolated and alone. His Mother never visited us once, even though she was well heeled and we were skint.
My ex has two half sisters from his Mothers second marriage. Over the years my kids have gained more contact with all the family over there through social media, WhatsApp etc.
Their PGM visited here twice. Once for three weeks when I married their father, during which time we went on honeymoon for a week and my mother stayed with the kids while his mother visited Europe and another time for a week when he married his 2nd wife.
The kids told me tonight that their Auntie (their fathers half sister) is pregnant but her partner (both massive high fliers) has a job in Switzerland and how sad it is for her to have yet another grandchild she won’t see.
Took all my fucking control to say “Fucking REALLY?!” Whenever she has had the opportunity she hasn’t actually been that bothered, oh and she also left your dad with his father in Singapore when he was 9 - so 🤷♀️