Thanks for your reply. I did contact him and did decide to give him another chance with our daughter. He has agreed to take both anger management and parenting classes. I did expalin to him that he either needs to be a constant figure in her life ...
Hi Sara,
You have a lot of advice here already. Most of it seems pretty good advice too. You seem like a smart young lady with a good head on your shoulders. You also, however, sound like you still have a lot of hurt and some love left for this m...
then why even post the question?
He chose not to earlier. If you want to punish him, then the answer is not to reply.
If you want to allow him to choose now, then you should reply.
If he does it again, that is a different story, but you indicate...
My question is..... is he a danger to your daughter? I know that you state that he has anger issues, but does he hurt people when he is angry or does he have a short temper? As long as he is not a physical threat to either of you, I do not see any...
kids are tough, and they adapt more than parents give them credit for.
If your daughter was 11 then it wold be a worry, but at 3 you might be surprised at how well she handles it...
yea i understand having a semi-present father is better then non at all. but if he abandons her for a few years here and therewith absolutely no contact then it's not worth the confusion for a barely 3 year old.
> if abandons her again to not even think about getting back in contact with us. Because it's not fair to confuse such a lovely young child.
It's less fair to take a child's parent away 'cause they're not all you hoped they'd be. :(
If he's dang...
Thanks again for all the advice i really appreciate it. I guess i will try and let him back in her life very slowly so we do not confuse her too much... It will be confusing for her of course no matter what but i will try as ahrd as i can to make ...
Im a guy hi Sara, and let me just say i would NEVER take him back in the end it's your choice of course see my ex would pull the same garbage when her new relationship was not working out so well she would try and see if she could get back with me...
I can definately see where you are coming from. It's nice to have a guy's point of view on this. but i have taken into consideration that his anger also did affect my daughter so i do not think that i am being too pushy about the he needs to chang...
My ex was the same way in the sense that he would much rather have fun && do the easy thing [hanging w/ his friends] rather then the hard difficult things [helping be a father to our son]. what you have to keep in mind is your daughter. which of c...
Hi Sara!
> So yesterday i get an email from him saying how he misses us and would like to be back with us.
Sweet. Some dads are perfectly content to leave their kids fatherless, which is a real shame for both father and child.
> I'm kinda hesis...
Their may be a lot under the surface that we don't know. but, for him to move on, he needs to stop communicating with her, it will always leave the door open for him to go back. Especially if he is saying things like "...I gave you a chance..." Th...
So I have finaly started dating after five years. Yes I said five years. I know I might sound a little crazy but I really do like him. I never have liked many guys in my past. Not even my childs donor. And the guys I have been into, this man is of...