I have had no contact with my father for almost exactly two decades. He’s now got in touch with his brother asking for £2000 or he will be thrown out of his flat. I have no doubt that this is true. He has been on a downward spiral his entire life (I suspect bipolar, but also serious drinking issues.) His brother is saying no (my uncle has been estranged from my father for over twenty years).
My father does not have my contact details (but until recently had guessed my work email address so could contact me although I never responded. I’ve left this job.)
My first child is due next week, and I am very nervous about this. I have laboriously rebuilt my life after this man destroyed my childhood. I cannot stand the idea of him knowing I am having a child (his grandchild - and he will be obsessed with the idea) and him becoming involved in my life or my child’s life in anyway. Financially, I could help him a bit but everything that goes to him doesn’t go to my child (and I hadn’t planned for this.)
But I can’t stand the idea of him being homeless either. I have no idea what to do.