Sunday, May 26, 2013

So...

You sang this to our daughter the other day...


---I am doing my best to bite my tongue and be helpful in trying to facilitate a bond between you and your infant daughter. I have never once questioned you about all your hammered choices and made your three visits as smooth and fullfilling a possible.

No one reads this, so I figure this is a safe place to vent.

Here is a list of reasons why I ask you to sign off your parental rights, why I "doubt your love" to your daughter:
1. She is almost 5 months old, yet you've seen her only 3 times in her life.
2. On these visits you can't be bothered to leave your house before 8am to make the drive down here, nor have you wanted to stay longer than a few hours- I had assumed that first visit you would stay in town for the weekend- maximizing the time you had available for your second child. But no.
3. You say you have one weekend a month available to see her, not once  have used a whole weekend to see her, and in fact, have cleared weekdays to visit her so you could attend punk rock events. Music events have priority over your daughter.
4. You visit your child in what is essentially a homeless shelter, yet are desperate to try to send as low a child support payment as possible. The welfare of your child is  second to welfare of your pocketbook.
5. The only time you thought to bring her anything when you visited was when you needed to save gift receipts to show the judge in upcoming court. It never occurred to you to give Bella something just because she's your daughter.

I will come back to this later