I think my mum had a good point re: why she agreed to meet him. She said that she could refuse, but then she'd be doing basically what he'd done, and she didn't want to do that.
I get my stubborn character and quick temper from my mum. She gets it from her father.
I know part of why he ignored us was because the woman he left my grandmother for demanded it. The reason he's now getting back in touch is because the woman he's with now told him to get his ass in gear and call, if he really wanted to see his children and grandchildren again.
I think that's the bottom line, for me. I want to be a better person than he was, and give him a second chance, and I want to understand why.
(Although there's a niggling fear of rejection, which is stupid, but you know.)
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Date: 2002-10-07 08:16 am (UTC)I get my stubborn character and quick temper from my mum. She gets it from her father.
I know part of why he ignored us was because the woman he left my grandmother for demanded it. The reason he's now getting back in touch is because the woman he's with now told him to get his ass in gear and call, if he really wanted to see his children and grandchildren again.
I think that's the bottom line, for me. I want to be a better person than he was, and give him a second chance, and I want to understand why.
(Although there's a niggling fear of rejection, which is stupid, but you know.)