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• 30/07/2008 @ 22:16 UMxx said

  

  Hey Dante,

  How are you going expressing this anger and being a single dad? Do you get some space for you? thinking of you UM xx

• 31/07/2008 @ 06:19 meandmy said

  

  Hi dante, I'm sorry you're going through this...
  Do you have any support from other relatives in regards to your children??
  Stay strong, take care.

• 31/07/2008 @ 20:45 dante said

  

  Yes I do. My parents have been great but they live quite a long way away. Her parents live closer but they shuffle around us as they are not feeling good about what she did. I don't have much space to deal with what i feel. My princesses take up rather a lot of time!

• 01/08/2008 @ 02:16 UMxx said

  

  Well Dante - you have a lot on your plate - maybe they don't feel good about what their daughter did but the bigger thing is that they are your girls grandparents and grandparents can be very special in a child's life. Have you thought about telling them that more than ever the girls will need some continuity in relationships and you hope that they can do this? Tell them the stuff between you and your ex is not for discussion with them (they should be supporting their daughter anyway) and just take yourself out of that part of the loop. The reality is that you will need the extra support and a break for your own sanity. See if you can get that organised and don't expect too much in the way of personal support from them. It would be wonderful if they could but they are saints if they can manage all of that. Even a weekend night once a month and a visit on a weekday afternoon will take some strain off you. In a few years the girls will be so much more independent and you will have different demands in parenting - this is a time to be direct and ask for support.
  thinking of you UM xx

• 02/08/2008 @ 20:31 dante said

  

  I will think on your words and see when i get back from holiday. Thank you.