I get to talk to the children on Sunday nights before bedtime.
The last 4 calls, only my daughter (3) answers the phone during the designated window of time their mother turns on the phone.
She talks really well, but on the phone I can understand a few words at a time. I can understand her tones and if what she says is a statement or question. She doesn’t know how to hold the phone.
Last night, my daughter put down the phone after calling to my son (6). I heard him mumble “I have nothing to say.” Then the phone disconnected.
I called back — to say goodnight, goodbye, to say anything instead of ending the phone call that way. The familiar recording “I’m sorry the person you are trying to reach…..”
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No loving parent deserves this. I’ve done nothing so bad to provoke this level of hate or passive animosity.
I’m not ruined by the relationship of me and my kid’s mom.
What bothers me, what really makes my eyes water is that this is the person that is raising my children. Being children, my kids may not understand the damage being created until they’re adults or worse until they’re parents.