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[quote=Anonymous]No, no, no. I hope this is a troll. OP, that day is not about you. Do not do this to your son. Sorry. You can pat yourself on the back… in private.

I’m a single mom. I do receive some child support but zero else due to distance. I have the kids full time and they see their dad when he visits our area. Even though I am doing all of the heavy lifting during the teen years, dealing with all of their teenage emotional turbulence, driving them to practices and meets and school events, helping them stay on top of schoolwork, and pretty much putting my own life on hold in order to launch them, I cannot imagine excluding their dad when graduation time comes, because that day will be about the graduating kid, not me. And they will want their dad there even if he is selfish and imperfect. We are all imperfect, OP, and we are all deserving of love and opportunity for inclusion.

A lot of people have offered good advice here. Please listen to them. You have a lot of bitterness you need to deal with. Don’t let it poison your son and his relationship with his dad. Something tells me you already have. But kids deserve an opportunity to know both of their parents, even the ones who have made mistakes. Your son will figure out what kind of relationship he wants with his dad without your input. Please just let it be. Lay down your burden.

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