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her dad ( who is crap) is taking her on holiday for a week with his partner, her kids and his parents, but she does not want to go and is hysterical

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pirategirl · 09/06/2007 23:02

I am stuck in the middle. I am royally fucked oof that he can take her or leave her, but this break away, orchestrated and paid for by my ex inlaws is for 'their' benfit not our daughters.

They see her rarely as they love abraod. my stanc eis, i have tried to be fiar for two yrs, always pavimg the way for his visits, trying to make him see her more, but am constantly met with a ridiculous attitude, which is so self centered.

Last yr they did the same thing, but she had just turend 4, and off she was ferried, and obv missed me but somehow she seemed ok , and had a nice time.

This year, omg, well she is more grown up, has started school, and is very clingy to me. very disturbed by the fact she is to be away from me for a week.

Tonight it all came out, that when she was awy last year it 'was like you had died mummy', like 'my heart was empty mummy' and daddy doesnt listen and i miss you, please fonehim mummy and tell him i dont want to go.

All this, and she is five fucking yrs old. What the hell do i do. I face his wrath, i face him coming down on me like a ton, altho if he cared to really think, he would admit to himself i have done everything to make sure she has a healthy relationship with hi, you know, praising him up etc...

My daughter dislikes hi girlfriend, say s 'she hurts my feelings mummy'.

my inlaws just gloss over all he has done to thier grandaughter, and thik she is ok to go away for a week. They booked it without even consulting me, like my ex has a 'right' to do this.

I am scared to appraocu him, i am only gonna be the bad guy again, which i dont like but have to getused to. Its always my f ing fault, the way my daughtr feels about him and the fact he has left.

never his.

tonight she went and dug out a photo of us, and basically cried, and said ' i really loved daddy when i was three and he lived with us, i wish he would come home, becuase i hatehim now'

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WideWebWitch · 10/06/2007 10:08

My ds went to India with my ex dh when ds waas 4. BUT they'd had spent every other weekend together in the 2 years before that so had a close relationship. And dh didn't let ds down, ever.

pirategirl · 10/06/2007 10:09

Blu, just read your post properly,

very good advice, thankyou. It IS so easy to get cuaght up in thier minds, and their reasonings, whic can be all over the shop,when our hearts are so linked to them

god, i dont want to get into debate, and having re read my last post to you xenia, i sounded harsh, but it was in response to the clingy thing, i am just being defensive, as i know my girl and she is very happy, and funny, and sociable, and not a clingy girl. I am proud that she integrates, and has found her own way thru the muddle which is her lot.

I know thatmany people have an ex who is wirse than mine. I just hate it when people say, i wish my situationwas yours, becuase i would not wish my situation on anyone, or think it better.

we all have out own probs. mineis that my dd is like a pawn, with overbearing grandparents who are in her face morning till night, makingup for the time apart. They have consistently sided with thier son, as is natural, but in my mind to the detriment of a little girl's wellbeing.

it all makes me mad.

grrrr

i truly have sympathy for anyone having ex dilemas

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Judy1234 · 10/06/2007 11:15

May be there should be a three strikes and you're out rule for fathers who don't turn up as planned. If they miss a week or day then they get one more chance and then they lose the next 3 so they're not just taking the children when it suits them and may be also you get to take them on holiday once you've done 4 weeks of nursing them sick, washing their knickers and dealing with children's moods. Not just cherry pick the "good bits" when you want.

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