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Mum telling horrible lies

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Missboo1 · 28/01/2020 10:15

I know that a lot of people will think I'm being unreasonable but I think it's so wrong.

My partner has a daughter from a one night stand. He didn't know the mum was pregnant and at the time she said the baby was her boyfriends. Three years down the line he was contacted and lo and behold he has a two year old daughter.

Since then he's paid maintenance and had his daughter every weekend for 1-2 nights, half holidays and shared time over Christmas etc.
His daughter is now ten so this is right years of continued contact.

This weekend his daughter said quite casually "my mum said you left her before I was born and you didn't want to know us, naughty daddy!"

My partner didn't say anything but has told me later that he is incredibly hurt. I'm so angry as it's complete slander implying that my partner knew about her existence but chose not to be there. Obviously what's done is done but I suggested he text her mum, not to start an argument, but to say that he was upset at what his daughter had been told.

It will all come out in the future as these things always do but I'm just so so angry at the cow. Talk about throwing everything my partner has done back in his face. Not his fault she didn't know who her baby daddy was and a lot of blokes wouldn't have even opened the Facebook message of doom. Rant over I'm ready for my flaming

OP posts:
Pumpkinpie1 · 28/01/2020 16:11

I think the bond between siblings is being damaged by her mothers lies. This shouldn’t be allowed to fester and it sounds like it is.
I think gently saying how sad it was her dad didn’t get the opportunity to do certain things because he was unaware is a sensitive way of helping her.

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