Single parent vent

[polony]

Just a quick vent. Nothing major. Will try not to :ecomcity:

But the father of DD is an idiot. I am not by all means suggesting that all the other fathers out there are.... by the sounds of recent posts, there are so many wonderful dads. I WANT ONE BY THE WAY!

Anyhoo, back to my DDs dad being an idiot. I am a single parent, and occassionally get visits from him to see Layla. He comes over, flops on the couch, plays with her for say, 5 minutes, then promptly tells me she needs a nappy change. I usually just look at him as if to say, "yeah...so?"

He never gets the idea that he can pick a nappy up and do it. One time I asked him to do it and he moaned, saying that he did it last time he was over and that it was my turn!!! grrr.....

Then another time we were out and there were steps and I was struggling with the pram and DD and he just stood there watching. No help. Nothing. I asked and he sighed loudly and then made a big fuss of it all.

I know this all sounds petty, but it just gets my goat!! :banghead: I could go on and on but I won't.

Anyone else out there with dads like him? Please don't tell me I'm the only one!!

[bec79]

Sorry, I can't sympathise with you. But just wanted to say sounds like he wouldn't of been much help even if he was around full-time. You would very likely be :banghead: even harder.

[lukaelmo]

He sounds like a right nob. I don't think you are being petty at all. I do think that your wee lass is lucky to have such a great mum :D .

[Will]

I feel your pain, and i am not even a mum yet!! My bub has a moron for a dad... or i think so... if he would just think about someone besides himself for once it would be just great!!!

All i know, is that there are a heap of decent guys out there who are waiting for us, and that we will get it right the next time!! Whenever we decide the time is right!

[goldcoastgirl18]

i feel sorry for you but at least he makes the effort to come see her lukes father has never even seen him and when i do talk to him- only on internet he dosnt even ask how he is..

:thumbsdown: his just another loser!



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:) louise-19
:D luke 25-11-2005

[loopi1]

It's not easy being a single parent but I can just only imagine wat it would be like to have ur DD father around to have him get u doing everything anyway. Why is he even there :confused:
My DS father has never been in the picture so I don't have to put up with all that s**t. Though I have had my :banghead: days trying to get him involved but I think we r betta off.

Maybe some ground rules need to be made, I don't know something like wen u visit to spend time with ur DD, nappy changes r in the package deal????? I just don't understand that these guys may only see their child once a week for a few ours but it always seems a hassle to do the 'fatherly' thing. U have to do it all the other times.
Men just have NO idea. (Not saying they are all clueless.)

[MissBrightside]

My ex is a loser too! Told me he would ring to speak to my son last night or tonight. Nup no call. But he always says his boys are his life blah blah. He came to see them last weekend on his birthday stayed for an hour and a half, kept looking at his watch saying he promised a friend he would go over for a BBQ. I bet he stayed there for hrs. Jerk

[Kamaikia]

Its this situtation that makes me think that in many ways I am better off that my sons father isn't in his life.