It's downhill when you have a Disney dad

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I had a Disney dad.
He, the dad(, did not seem to care, nor understand how his daughters behaviour outcast the other 2 kids from my side
His child ruined every day out, always verbally numbered herself as number 1, in a group setting, leaving my own annoyed,, we don't do numbers.
He and his child,s mother had been divorced 6 yrs before we met
He was an adoring dad, never missed contact,paid generously.
I tried so hard to understand.
But ultimately, my own were feeling hurt.
So I left the relationship.
Has anyone else, experienced this?

You tried so hard to understand what?

Did you live together?
How long was this going on for?

Did you try to make a blended family with this man or just have days out together?

Your dad or your kids dad? This is hard to understand.

Wtf is a Disney dad

I think it depends on a few things. Did you live together? If so I can see how his daughter felt pushed out and wanted to reclaim that position in her dad's life that she felt your children may have occupied.

I don't think there's enough information to say he was a Disney dad, I mean he absolutely could have been, but equally it could just be that you have differing parenting styles that don't line up.

So your dad worked at Disney? I'm struggling to make sense of your rambling.

i think Op dated/lived with a guy who she terms a Disney dad, and by him being that, it meant her own children were feeling left out/sidelined and as her children were upset she subsequently left the relationship (which is obviously the right thing to do).

I know exactly what you mean, you need to realise he was doing his own daughter no favours
in the situation I was involved in one DS has never worked, never paid a bill or done a single domestic chore in to adulthood. still gets pandered to and enabled
the other DS stopped going to school because he was terrified of exams and nobody was willing to help him revise because it was more important to let only do exactly as he pleased - stay up all night gaming, sleep all day, get food delivered to their room

in both cases they were great kids, being a Disney is not about loving his children, it is about his own ego