when the father in question is absent from her life except a few phone calls every week and a few visits every month. He does not contribute emotionally (except in damaging ways), financially or physically in the raising of his kids. He is an alcoholic who has had his unsupervised visitation rights taken away because of neglect issues. The girls have a wonderful stepdad that provides for them in all of the above mentioned areas and we feel that since he is the one that is with them and raising them that the decisions made in their upbringing belong to myself, him and the children, NOT their bio dad.
My oldest has been invited to a camp of sorts for gifted and talented grade schoolers, and bio dad is throwing a fit because we did not consult him before signing her up. Instead of congratulating his daughter on her achievement he chose to scream about not being consulted 2 days earlier when we received the invite. We usually don;t even know where is in order to consult him.
