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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my father is the issue and he's never been to any birthday party for either of my kids or been at any of our holiday celebrations. He's a drug addict who put me through hell growing up. However, he has a kind heart and loves me in his own way and adores my kids, his only grandkids, and wants to be involved in their lives. And I allow him to love them, with strict boundaries. I'm certainly not having him come to celebrations at my house where he would embarrass everyone and ruin the occasion. We see him once a year, usually by meeting somewhere fun to visit that's a distraction from his craziness. The couple times he's visited our house have not turned out well, so we don't invite him any more. My kids have never been to his home because it's a filthy meth lab. But we do call him on every holiday, I constantly text pictures and videos and we frequently send care packages with crafts the kids made at school, pictures they draw for him and little gifts. It's a way I and my kids can maintain a relationship with him without further damage. I would have once described our relationship as strained but okay like you did, but since I've had kids and figured out how to include him with boundaries it's actually much better. Good luck. [/quote]

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