Please respect my rights 
This work by Sean A. Donahue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
This work by Sean A. Donahue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
What do you say???
“Daddy, me and Ry Ry have talked it over and we don’t want to come see you tomorrow. We would rather you come up here so we don’t have to leave mommy.” (Crying begins from my 8 year old Shelby)
‘Shelby, I miss you a lot and I have a lot of fun things planned for you when you get here.’
“But Daddy, we don’t want to come anymore. Why are you making us come?”
‘Because I want to see you, show you to people, have fun with you and Ryan.’
“Well we don’t want to come down anymore. When mommy comes to pick us up on Friday we’ll have to have a talk, cause we’ve decided that we don’t want to come see you in Texas anymore.”
What do you say? To Angie, To Shelby, to my broken heart?
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awww.. that sucks.. there getting older though and probably like being around there friends instead of there old man.. I dunno man.. my heart goes out to you..
To Angie: “Stop using my kids as pawns, bitch”
To Shelby: “Please come see me – having you and Ryan makes me happier than anything else – and you and Ryan and mommy want me to be happy, right?”
To Your Broken Heart: “Heal, because people (including two innocent children) love you.”
Hugs from the Pac Northwest.
The Wife
Holy hell IT. That is some serious pain, right there. I feel for you buddy.
I really have no idea what to say to something like that. Here’s what not to say:
1. Fine
2. Whatever
3. Why, you ungrateful little…
4. *uncontrollable sobbing*
Maybe the best way to tackle it is to try to make it sound like it’s a fun-filled vacation (which is pretty much what you did). A change of scenery. Seeing the other half of the family (not sure if there are grandparents involved or not).
The Wife’s advice about asking about your happiness might work, but could also backfire.
Sean,
Not having kids myself I am at a loss to offer any advise. All I can say is that I feel for you, am truely sorry you are facing this, and we’ll be thinking of you.
– Monkey
Tough position to be in, bro. My good thoughts and wishes go out to you. I hope things work out.
That’s so gross. Honesty hurts sometimes. And that’s the thing with kids right? They’re brutally honest. Even if they don’t mean it. In other words, when they grow up, they will cherish the moments they spent with you. But while they are growing up, they could truly feel the way Shelby is feeling.
I know as a kid, I’ve said/thought some hurtful things to my parents but now, I am thankful for every moment I spent with them even if I was forced to do so…
I know i am the last person anyone of you would want to hear from. But i have been busy and hadn’t read his blog since october. So i find my way here and i hear that i am a bitch and am using the kids as pons. I don’t know what you think you know but i have never or will never do that. I have always been honest with sean and i never talk about our relationship badly or him that way in front of the kids. What i say to people when they aren’t there might be different but he is their father and he always will be. They make their own decisons when it comes to things. Yes they didn’t want to go and they have their reasons. Shelby expressed hers and it wasn’t cause she was leaving mommy. Ryan has totally different reasons. And i don’t know about you but i think those should between them and sean. Not the world. Needless to say they went and the rest as they say is history. But i don’t know how that makes me a bitch. YOu obviously have no idea what happend between me and sean. And you obviously have no idea who my kids are nor care about them or you wouldn’t say things like that. I admit i am not perfect nor will i ever be….but i am so glad there are people in the world like you who obviously are so you can down grade us.