Im watching that prog on BBC about fathers atm.
Im almost glad I dont go through the mill like that, although my ex and I have what I call an unexplained inability to comment on the weather by way of a mutual conversation ( meaning we cant be civil on a neutral subject just for the sake of being polite ). This I find maddening because after 4 years, when child is starting to become very aware, surely thats the time to start playing the diplomat to eachother.
Ive never understood this desire people have to continue hostilities any longer than you need to.
It does make me wonder if some people ever really look at their kids and ask themselves what is best for them and actually do that rather than making them passengers to ones own agenda when dealing with their other parent.
The funniest thing, if you can laugh about these things, maybe its ironic to be more accurate, is that my ex complains that I dont do much with my son.
I love that line, mainly because the poor lad is very wary of this man who comes once a month and mummy ignores him totally and scowls at him should he so much as smile at me. Its also rather hard to interact with a child if you have never had one before, so have no experience to fall back on and hardly enough time to get to know anything about them in your 'slot'.
I wanted to take him to the park to kick his new ball about, He wanted to go aswell. Mummy says no - bit of a risk of daddy looking competant then isnt there. Tut tut.
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