My DH and his dad really don't have a relationship. His parents were divorced when he was a baby and he thought his stepdad was his dad until he was 8. He is determined to be a really good dad because he doesn't have one.
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They have an awesome relationship. He's gotten in trouble from me because he tells him too much.... There needs to be boundaries!
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Now they have a great relationship. But his dad wasn't an active parent from the time he was about 5 until college. I know that experience made him want to be a better father.
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It's great. DH likes to joke that he would totally be a Mama's boy if his dad wasn't so awesome. And it's true!
(Last year, after running in the annual Turkey Trot together).
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They have a great relationship. FIL is awesome and will always help us out with projects around the house if we need him.
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They are extremely close. His parents only live two blocks away from us so we basically see them daily. His dad is an amazing landscaper and has helped us with our yard tremendously. He is an awesome guy--we love him so much.
His dad recently got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer so they have become even closer since the diagnosis. my DH takes his dad to every single dr. appointment. -
Not great - his parents also got divorced early on. He never really saw or lived with his dad until he was 17/18. His dad was nice and fun to be around but he is also very selfish. They stopped talking awhile ago
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@mrsjazz: @HLK208: same with DH's dad. They had a long absence (age 4/5 to 17). Since re entering DH's life at 17 they have formed a great relationship.
I don't understand why some men disappear completely when their relationships/ marriages fall apart. There are still children who need and want both parents!
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They don't have much of one. His father was an absent/bad parent all of his life, but my husband is the forgiving and moving on type. So they mostly don't have a relationship. Now he's as disinterested in my daughter (his granddaughter) as he was in his own sons and it breaks my heart. She follows him around trying to get his attention and I hate it.
My own father, who was an amazing grandfather, died last year. I just today had a big huge crying moment about how unfair it is that my daughter won't have a grandfather who really loves and values her. It's just so shitty and unfair.
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They are BFFs. Seriously, they probably talk 3 times a day. I think it's adorable.
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They were super close. FIL passed away 10 years ago in a freak accident that DH witnessed, and he still has trouble talking about. I wish I could have met him, because you can tell DH absolutely adored him by the way he talks about his dad.
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@FutureMrsMcK: adorable!
it's ok. i think DH has had to work on readjusting his expectations of him so as not to be disappointed by his dad's well meaning, yet unrealistic, promises.
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