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Hi all dads out there, im new here. 🙂
I have a thirteen year old son, me and his mum split when he was 9 months old, and that was the toughest day of my life. he still doesn't understand fully, and I'm not about to tell him the full details, and i wont talk badly about his mother, no matter what she does, i hope i am leading by example and showing him that this is the way to behave, i hope though he doesn't end up in the same position one day.
we now have a very good relationship, and have a lot in common, and the weekends we spend together are very happy. i did have to go through about 6 years of [censored] to get there though. i now have a new partner, and a 2 and a half year old daughter, and am in a much better place.
I've been reading all of your posts, and there is a lot of hurt out there, i know how bad it cant be - the memory of that pain will never go away, but i hope some of you will get through it and find yourselves in a better place too.
i wrote this last night about me and my son, and hope some of you may like it, and give you a smile on a friday morning.
Apologies - i think i added this to the wrong section!
I am a mum of a son (dad) going through all this. Its lovely to hear that things are working well for you. I am hoping that following next weeks hearing my son will have more access to his 8 week old daughter, he has only seen her twice for 10mins a time. But he has access via a contact centre next weekend so that will be good for them both.
6 year, wow thats not good, but in the news today there is quite a bit about the court process and the mothers that do not let the dads see their little ones. Hopefully they may shake up the whole system and make things for you dads out there much easier and the mothers are brought into line!
Thanks for your positive message, its certainly given me some hope.
Hi there and welcome to the Forum 🙂
It's good to hear things are sorted...it was a long struggle but a distant memory now I hope.
Apologies - i think i added this to the wrong section!
No problem Pringleland,
I have moved this to the Welcome board as it's the best place for new members to say hi.
Welcome to DAD.info. Glad you are in a great place now - It's great to hear positive stories on the forum.
Especially loved this bit
he still doesn't understand fully, and I'm not about to tell him the full details, and i wont talk badly about his mother, no matter what she does, i hope i am leading by example and showing him that this is the way to behave, i hope though he doesn't end up in the same position one day.
Sounds like you have been on the complete journey as far as access with your son is concerned. I'm sure that will mean you have some great wisdom to share with dads who are just starting that journey.
How are you finding fatherhood second-time around? Are you now experiencing things you missed out on with your son?
Keep talking.
Gooner.
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