Abby,

I just read your reply to Anita and when you said, ” He refuses to go to a lot of his daughter’s school functions, simply because he does not want to be around his ex.” I cannot help but agree with you 100% when you said, “I do not agree with those actions, and I think they are a little bit immature.” Perhaps my earlier response would have been slightly different had I known this. His actions of not attending “a lot of his daughter’s school functions” is weak, very weak. No excuse for that. Children do not forget this. Even though he is not present at his daughter’s home, no matter what happened between him and his ex, he is STILL a father and his responsibilities to that fact do not go away. He can surely deny them. But how is it right that his daughter be punished for not being responsible for what happened? Gawd that breaks my heart…