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Child custody - married parents
hardwood
#31 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:17:46 PM
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Obi 1 Kanobi wrote:
This is actually tougher than I thought.

The biological father has a reasonable expectation to interact with the daughter and provide for a her a quality of life that he feels she deserves.

While the step father has a reasonable argument to want to raise all his children equally, and to run his family without interference by another man.

My advise is they all sit down and reason together, lakini the biological father has to appreciate that he is the outsider here.


He lost that opportunity when his X got married. This "biological father" should concentrate on his new family and stop messing up another man's home. Also kids believe that the man of the house is their dad and therefore there is no point in messing up their lives by telling them otherwise.
tnai9
#32 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:25:25 PM
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hardwood wrote:

He lost that opportunity when his X got married. This "biological father" should concentrate on his new family and stop messing up another man's home. Also kids believe that the man of the house is their dad and therefore there is no point in messing up their lives by telling them otherwise.


Seems Hardwood has a bone to pick with the biological father.
A 10 yr old kid knows about fathers and step fathers and knows who has a car and who doesn't and knows about cheaper and expensive schools. You will be shocked at the amount of info a 10yr has
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." ― Charles Bukowski
hardwood
#33 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:33:46 PM
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tnai9 wrote:
hardwood wrote:

He lost that opportunity when his X got married. This "biological father" should concentrate on his new family and stop messing up another man's home. Also kids believe that the man of the house is their dad and therefore there is no point in messing up their lives by telling them otherwise.


Seems Hardwood has a bone to pick with the biological father.
A 10 yr old kid knows about fathers and step fathers and knows who has a car and who doesn't and knows about cheaper and expensive schools. You will be shocked at the amount of info a 10yr has


I think i belong to the old school, where a man, however poor, takes care of "his family" without "strangers" demanding to chip in.
Angelica _ann
#34 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:38:25 PM
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There is need for moderation and compromise. The 'biological father' should have access to the daughter on basic support and visitation. However the 'child' should grow up under the custody and care of the mother and step father. What they need to do is to talk and agree on dos, donts, basic needs, excesses (like buying the child a phone)etc that will make the kid still grow knowing the father but within the means of the current family. The biological father should have regular but not frequent meetings with the daughter, with very limited contact with the Ex .... fireworks can be revived.

The biological father should start by showing goodwill by agreeing to pay school fees and providing basic needs based on agreements with the current family.

But the situation really requires understanding and comprise from the 3 adults involved in this saga!!!!!

Use of condom would have averted this situation. d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!
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ZZE123
#35 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:42:16 PM
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hardwood wrote:
tnai9 wrote:
hardwood wrote:

He lost that opportunity when his X got married. This "biological father" should concentrate on his new family and stop messing up another man's home. Also kids believe that the man of the house is their dad and therefore there is no point in messing up their lives by telling them otherwise.


Seems Hardwood has a bone to pick with the biological father.
A 10 yr old kid knows about fathers and step fathers and knows who has a car and who doesn't and knows about cheaper and expensive schools. You will be shocked at the amount of info a 10yr has


I think i belong to the old school, where a man, however poor, takes care of "his family" without "strangers" demanding to chip in.

Applause Applause Applause Applause I agree the biological father should stay away and stop interfering with that home.
And a bigger problem with Ex’es is that when they meet its hard to control the “biology” irrespective of the conditions that led to the break up!!
The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same problem
tnai9
#36 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:49:23 PM
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Angelica _ann wrote:
There is need for moderation and compromise. The 'biological father' should have access to the daughter on basic support and visitation. However the 'child' should grow up under the custody and care of the mother and step father. What they need to do is to talk and agree on dos, donts, basic needs, excesses (like buying the child a phone)etc that will make the kid still grow knowing the father but within the means of the current family. The biological father should have regular but not frequent meetings with the daughter, with very limited contact with the Ex .... fireworks can be revived.

The biological father should start by showing goodwill by agreeing to pay school fees and providing basic needs based on agreements with the current family.

But the situation really requires understanding and comprise from the 3 adults involved in this saga!!!!!

Use of condom would have averted this situation. d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!


This is very true, but unfortunately the girls' mother has cut links completely with my colleague, no replies to texts or picking calls, think to avoid issues with the hubby. He is in darkness wondering where the kid is. He has been paying fees regularly. Currently I dont think there is a 'talking channel'..So this denial of access ndipo korti imetokea...

about condoms..hehehe I dont know what happened..Swenani could guide smile
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." ― Charles Bukowski
hardwood
#37 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:49:46 PM
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Angelica _ann wrote:
There is need for moderation and compromise. The 'biological father' should have access to the daughter on basic support and visitation. However the 'child' should grow up under the custody and care of the mother and step father. What they need to do is to talk and agree on dos, donts, basic needs, excesses (like buying the child a phone)etc that will make the kid still grow knowing the father but within the means of the current family. The biological father should have regular but not frequent meetings with the daughter, with very limited contact with the Ex .... fireworks can be revived.

The biological father should start by showing goodwill by agreeing to pay school fees and providing basic needs based on agreements with the current family.

But the situation really requires understanding and comprise from the 3 adults involved in this saga!!!!!

Use of condom would have averted this situation. d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!


I never knew that marrying a single mom was such a complicated affair. I'd advice young men to avoid taking that route so as to avoid heartache and dramas in the future.
AlphDoti
#38 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:54:28 PM
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From my many experience interacting with people, htis is waht I've learnt:

1. Those who make most noise and say biological father should stay away and stop interfering with that home are single men who have no idea what they are talking about

2. Those single people, who feel no empathy for the biological father will experience a unique challenge in their marriage in future too... It is said what goes around comes around. So let them wait for their test, not necessarily a baby from x but a test nonetheless

3. When they get married and realize how naive they were, they keep quiet and "disappear"

4. Those people who are never married before are so ignorant of so many things... they still live in their dreams
hardwood
#39 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:58:58 PM
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tnai9 wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
There is need for moderation and compromise. The 'biological father' should have access to the daughter on basic support and visitation. However the 'child' should grow up under the custody and care of the mother and step father. What they need to do is to talk and agree on dos, donts, basic needs, excesses (like buying the child a phone)etc that will make the kid still grow knowing the father but within the means of the current family. The biological father should have regular but not frequent meetings with the daughter, with very limited contact with the Ex .... fireworks can be revived.

The biological father should start by showing goodwill by agreeing to pay school fees and providing basic needs based on agreements with the current family.

But the situation really requires understanding and comprise from the 3 adults involved in this saga!!!!!

Use of condom would have averted this situation. d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!


This is very true, but unfortunately the girls' mother has cut links completely with my colleague, no replies to texts or picking calls, think to avoid issues with the hubby. He is in darkness wondering where the kid is. He has been paying fees regularly. Currently I dont think there is a 'talking channel'..So this denial of access ndipo korti imetokea...

about condoms..hehehe I dont know what happened..Swenani could guide smile


Now that is one very wise woman. She has moved on and is doing what is best for her "new family". Good that they secretly moved the girl to a new school to cut off that school fees link. "The biological" should read the writing on the wall.
tnai9
#40 Posted : Tuesday, January 10, 2017 3:00:12 PM
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AlphDoti wrote:
From my many experience interacting with people, htis is waht I've learnt:

1. Those who make most noise and say biological father should stay away and stop interfering with that home are single men who have no idea what they are talking about

2. Those single people, who feel no empathy for the biological father will experience a unique challenge in their marriage in future too... It is said what goes around comes around. So let them wait for their test, not necessarily a baby from x but a test nonetheless

3. When they get married and realize how naive they were, they keep quiet and "disappear"

4. Those people who are never married before are so ignorant of so many things... they still live in their dreams


Blood is very very thick..I feel for my guy ..I imagine the feeling that his daughter is 'out there' living and being assisted to do home work by a man who probably hates him, ..its depressing and really worrying...
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." ― Charles Bukowski
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