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[quote=Anonymous]It is not my responsibility to force my kid to have a relationship with her dad. It is his responsibility to have a relationship with her. If he would like my help in facilitating that relationship, he needs to frame it that way - as help facilitating a relationship that for whatever reasons, he cannot manage without help.

It doesn't really matter what the reasons are. When we were divorcing and our kid was 2, my helping him to have a relationship with her was by answering his phone calls (when and as agreed, not all the time without limit) so she could say good night to her dad every night. He was the one who discontinued those calls, not me. Either way, when HE stops trying to parent and be involved in her life, it stops being my responsibility to keep him up to date. We live on opposite coasts now. He moved first and has a new wife who almost certainly thinks that I'm "denying access" by moving myself. He has not tried to see our daughter since 2021. Her birthday was last week. He sent 1 "expensive but totally out of touch with her personality" present and a text message. That was it. He has never visited the town where we have lived since 2020, despite having summers off work and being able to afford it. He simply does not bother to try.

Why should I do anything other than try to help my daughter feel less abandoned by her selfish dad, MRA PP? Please explain some more.[/quote]

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