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Grandfather not interested in new baby

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purpleturtle72 · 16/01/2012 16:37

since giving birth to my baby, my father has not bothered to visit or even call to find out how she is. She is now five months old and there has been no contact. I even gave him a few days notice to say i was going to visit him and he told me he had an MOT booked! and other such excuses such as he needed a hair cut and he has been too busy (he is actually retired!!) it's soo hurtful to be treated like this and I feel my child will neaver meet her Grandfather and I feel like not trying to contact him every again. I don't understand why he is behaving like this. Our realtionship has always been distant by he has neaver totally rejected me like this..I am thinking about not bothering with ever again.

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mumof4sons · 16/01/2012 17:58

Why don't you just come out and ask him if he would like to meet his grandchild instead of worrying about it. His answer may hurt, but it will be his loss and not yours.

He sounds a bit self absorbed to me and as you say you do have a distant relationship. Enjoy your DD and let him come to you, not the other way around.

LittleBeth53 · 16/01/2012 22:58

I wouldn't bother again. If he wants to be a miserable old crank sat in his own selfish world rejecting a beautiful family that he is blessed to have, if he doesn't realise how lucky he is to have you & your daughter when there are some people who would love to have families but don't, then let him.

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