How timely that this post went in this direction....
We've havent spoke to him since Sunday morning.
I emailed him an angry email when my daughter told me he had left her again.
No response, which is typical.
So a little bit ago he calls.
All friendly like everything is great (and he does this everytime he messes up - silence while I'm mad, won't discuss anything, then when he is ready he contacts me in a very positive, upbeat attitude like nothing ever happened)
do I need anything? (ummm...yeah actually there is a lot I need, unfortunately you ultimately do not really care) Is everything okay? How is my car running?
How is our daughter? Can he talk to her?
So he does and tells her that he is ordering her the book she has been wanting for two weeks now after he gets home from work. The book that he knows I've been searching every bookstore around to find (part of a series).
Of course she is all thrilled with him now.
Grrrrrrrrr.................
I just want to scream at him. "She doesn't need a freaking book from you, she needs a sober, healthy, involved father!"