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Mum there's a random man at the door

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quicklybeingdrivenmad · 09/01/2022 15:07

Just chilling after Sunday lunch, door bell goes, eldest DD expecting her boyfriend goes to answer and shouts out the above in a loud voice. DH and myself go into the hall and standing there spluttering out " I am not some random bloke I am your dad" is my exh.

For context we split when I was pregnant with DD, he would disappear out of her life for years at a time, never paid anything in maintenance, he actually told his family she was not his, would turn up, demand to see her and then vanish again. She is 21 now and started calling her step dad, dad through her choice at about 8 years old (she has always known her and her 2 sisters have different dads) but loves him and her little sisters, when she was about 14 he reappeared again and she refused to see him, so off he went with a huff, he tried again a few years later and again she refused (he claimed I had turned her against him.)

Fast forward to today and my DD turned round and said to DH dad can you take the girls into the back room, whilst holding up her hand to silence her real dad, once they had gone turned back to him, and said

"When I said random I meant it, who the F are you to turn up here and claim to be my dad, you know F all about me, never gave a F about me so F off and leave us alone "

Slams door in his face and is visibly upset and tells me to get rid of him, I open the door and tell him she does not want to see him, again accused of turning her against him and he waves his 15 year old court contact order in my face, Good luck with that one she is an adult. DH comes out and suggests he leaves or we will be phoning the police to ask for advice.

AIBU that she hates her father or not, if I am being honest I just think of DH as her father and have done for years as he is the only constant she has ever known, but this just makes me feel bad, as people I know have split and co-parented fine just never happened with us.

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Bluebluemoon · 09/01/2022 16:29

I think your dd sounds like an assertive young woman who has a good grip on what has happened and has no desire (at this moment anyway) to allow this man to waltz in and disrupt her life.

Good on her.

Borderterrierpuppy · 09/01/2022 16:39

Good for her and even though she was literally doorstepped she was able to say exactly how she feels which is brilliant.

Summerfun54321 · 09/01/2022 16:40

Good for her. She dealt with it very well.

RoyKentsChestHair · 09/01/2022 16:42

Your DD sounds awesome - well done her for putting her piece of crap bio father in his place!! Hope she’s ok.

Pipsquiggle · 09/01/2022 16:45

So I am assuming OP, that you never prevented the biological father from access to your DD and that it was his feckless ways that stopped a relationship from forming?

If the above is true, don't worry about it and support your DD - she sounds like she did very well

Brigante9 · 09/01/2022 16:48

Absolutely her right to tell him to get lost. Waving the court order? How utterly ridiculous!

WonderfulYou · 09/01/2022 16:49

Your poor DD.
It’s one thing to not be involved but it’s another to randomly turn up - what was he expecting!

Your DD sounds quite (understandably) angry - that to me sounds like she doesn’t want him to leave and not speak to him again.

Yes her step dad has raised her but he’s not her dad. She has an entire side to her that she doesn’t know about.
She will have questions she wants answered and I think it’s important to try and facilitate her getting those answers especially as this week he wants to know her.

Did he leave an address?
It might be an idea to say to her if she wants to write him a letter explaining how she feels and ask any questions she has.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 09/01/2022 16:51

Another randomer delighting in hearing about a young woman with a good understanding of her boundaries and the ability to assert them.

Good for her.

And well done you for raising her with those skills.

girlmom21 · 09/01/2022 16:57

Ah OP she's brillIant.
You should be so proud of her for how caring she is about her siblings to make sure they didn't hear or see anything, and of your husband for standing back when she asked him to and standing up when you both needed him to.

3scape · 09/01/2022 16:59

My ex is firmly headed on a similar path with one of his daughters (and his out and out favouring of the other compounds things). I hope you're ok. My eldest has described the relationship with her dad as like that torture method "a death of a thousand cuts" so many disappointments, let downs huge and tiny, again and again.

My sympathy for your daughter. I think she did well considering the surprise. As she is an adult she can deal with this as she sees fit. What an arsehole he is.

quicklybeingdrivenmad · 09/01/2022 17:04

I never stopped him seeing DD, me and DH thought it was important but he screwed it up and she just did not want to know, and yes am well proud of her, she took control (which is something he always tried to do with me ) she is now doing hair and make up for the little ones, we have had a long chat and she has told me he is just a random bloke, then cried because she thought we were upset and told me yet again (cos I do not condone swearing) he can F off

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Monsterjam · 09/01/2022 17:06

Your daughter sounds awesome x

TrashyPanda · 09/01/2022 17:06

Your DD is a brave, amazing young woman.

MostlyGuesswork · 09/01/2022 17:07

Good for her! If he shows up again, tell him if he wants to be part of her family, he should have tried bringing 16 years' child maintenance, 16 years' pocket money, 21 Christmas presents and 21 birthday presents, not an out-of-date court order! Silly sod.

ChiefStockingStuffer · 09/01/2022 17:07

Your daughter is an adult now. She doesn't have to do ANYthing he asks. Perhaps her best response every time he pulls this stunt is to ask him loudly if he's there to pay you the thousands of pounds in child maintenance he owes from her entire life. Then slam the door when he waffles.

Girlmum89 · 09/01/2022 17:11

Your DD sounds amazing!!

StopGo · 09/01/2022 17:13

What a strong young woman she is Flowers

SaltedCaramelIcedLatte · 09/01/2022 17:17

You daughter handled it brilliantly, I would be so proud of her! It also shows that you have done a great job raising her to be a strong woman that knows what she wants!

3peassuit · 09/01/2022 17:17

Your daughter certainly has the measure of him. What did he expect after neglecting her?

TheAverageUser · 09/01/2022 17:20

Your daughter sounds incredible, you and your DH must have done a great job raising her.

quicklybeingdrivenmad · 09/01/2022 17:21

Totally think he expected her to welcome him back with open arms

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LemonLymanDotCom · 09/01/2022 17:23

I just popped on to say atta girl to your daughter. I wish I had her strength and courage at the same age. She laid down her boundaries, knows her own worth, what a young woman! Also, huge respect to your parenting in this, you’ve obviously shown her a very good example. So well done to you too @quicklybeingdrivenmad x

thebabessavedme · 09/01/2022 17:23

I think she has done the right thing, my dd is in her 30s now, wouldn't know her bio father is she ran him over, she dearly loves her step dad who in turn dearly loves her, these absent men are truly thick as pig shit, do they honestly think that we sit round slagging them off? why can't they see that we don't have to? their own inaction and behaviour has spoken for its self, our wonderful, strong intelligent daughters have worked out for themselves what useless twats they are!

PrescriptionOnlyMedicine · 09/01/2022 17:24
Flowers

Your daughter sounds like a fabulous young woman.

quicklybeingdrivenmad · 09/01/2022 17:28

I am biased because she is amazing so is DH am soo lucky, she totally loves the little ones and am so proud of her finished university got a really good job close to home could have just worked in our business but done it all on her own

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