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<blockquote data-quote="Jody" data-source="post: 539879" data-attributes="member: 8787"><p>My 19 year old daughter just began a relationship with her father, about 6 months ago. He is an alcoholic and had many issues that I did not feel were in easy child's best interest. He moved back to Springfield after many years and I ran into him at the store. I talked to him on the phone and then spoke to my daughter about it. We went and picked him up and went to dinner. He has another son, that is 10 years old. He is an incredible young man, (he was not raised by his father, lol). He looks so much like her its weird. She's not impressed with her dad, but is nice and has forgiven him for not being there. She is most thankful for her relationship with her brother, and I hope that he continues to be such a nice kid. My child was 19 when this happened, I understand it's different with a 13 year old. I felt like I did not want it to come back to bite me in the behind, and I knew my daughter was old enough to decide. What if I had not given her the choice and she may have had 50 years or so of a relationship with her dad. Sometimes people do change. I feel for you its a hard decision to make. Sometimes kids won't admit that they want a relationship with the other parent if they have been absent also, because they don't want to upset or worry the other parent, also, they might feel its disloyal. I am just glad I don't have to have a relationship with him, gag me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jody, post: 539879, member: 8787"] My 19 year old daughter just began a relationship with her father, about 6 months ago. He is an alcoholic and had many issues that I did not feel were in easy child's best interest. He moved back to Springfield after many years and I ran into him at the store. I talked to him on the phone and then spoke to my daughter about it. We went and picked him up and went to dinner. He has another son, that is 10 years old. He is an incredible young man, (he was not raised by his father, lol). He looks so much like her its weird. She's not impressed with her dad, but is nice and has forgiven him for not being there. She is most thankful for her relationship with her brother, and I hope that he continues to be such a nice kid. My child was 19 when this happened, I understand it's different with a 13 year old. I felt like I did not want it to come back to bite me in the behind, and I knew my daughter was old enough to decide. What if I had not given her the choice and she may have had 50 years or so of a relationship with her dad. Sometimes people do change. I feel for you its a hard decision to make. Sometimes kids won't admit that they want a relationship with the other parent if they have been absent also, because they don't want to upset or worry the other parent, also, they might feel its disloyal. I am just glad I don't have to have a relationship with him, gag me. [/QUOTE]
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