My ex-husband won’t have anything to do with me. I divorced him around 8 years ago, because he was too moody for me, and we did not share any common interests. We have a daughter, which he sees every two weeks, and he has always paid child support on time. He never calls me or offers to do anything special for our daughter, and never sends a card on my birthday or even Christmas. What’s wrong with this guy? He’s acting like a child-I’m afraid his behavior will hurt my daughter. What can I do about it? Why is he such a jerk?
I don’t know. Does he work in an ice cream parlour?
What do you expect? You’re divorced.
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I divorced him around 8 years ago, because he was too moody for me, and we did not share any common interests. [/quote]
Doesn’t seem like the whole story to me, but anyway. . .
You’re doing better than many women in your situation.
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He never calls me or offers to do anything special for our daughter, and never sends a card on my birthday or even Christmas. What’s wrong with this guy? He’s acting like a child-[/quote]
Who’s acting like a child?
Count your blessings, and stop complaining.
The odds that the bread will fall butter side down are directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
My experience with divorces must be different from yours.
My folks divorced when I was 8 or 9, close to 20 years ago. My dad basically didn’t want us anymore and threw us out, and then my mom and I moved 200 miles away. Pop always paid child support and could cough up a Christmas present and birthday card for me, but never for my mom. I don’t think she really expected it, and frankly, I’m surprised any former spouse would.
From the tone of your post, it sounds like you were the one who initiated proceedings, and he was the lout who had to be gotten rid of. If that is the case, it’s little wonder he doesn’t make more of an effort with you, as you obviously didn’t want to be married to him anymore and had no interest in continuing that sort of a relationship.
I don’t know about most kids, but I was too busy with other stuff to notice dad had neglected to send mom a birthday card. He never gave her anything when they were married, and the situation kind of went downhill from there. I doubt it’s having a terrible effect on your daughter, especially since she sees pop every 2 weeks, which is about standard in divorces. Maybe she could suggest to pop something special she would like to do one weekend; he may be up for it and their relationship could blossom. Dads are kind of dumb, in my opinion, especially divorced ones, so she’ll probably have to make a suggestion and whine until he follows through.
Best of luck to you and your daughter.
Maybe by the time I reach 100 posts I’ll get this freakin’ code right.
The odds that the bread will fall butter side down are directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
For the record, I am a single father with custody of a wonderful eight year old boy. My ex is an alcoholic adultress who doesn’t pay me any support, and until recently didn’t see her son very often.
Am I bitter? Nah (well, maybe a little). But when I saw egkelly’s post I felt compelled to respond.
The odds that the bread will fall butter side down are directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
With all due respect to the wronged spouses of the world, personal stuff like this really belongs in MPSIMS, so I’m going to transfer it there.
Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine