Do you 'do' fathers day, for your ex? If so, what are they getting?


I haven't really done it for Gaby's father.. and he doesn't do anything for me, so it's all fair I guess. I might give him one of her preschool pictures with a happy fathers day message on it.. yeap, that's how cheap I am.

As for Emersyn's father, I'll text him... because yeap - that's how cheap I am, again.

I will start doing fathers day once the girls know what fathers day is, or once they realise there IS a fathers day..

I have the kids this weekend.
DX will get a phone call from the kids, same thing I got when he had the kids for Father's Day. I got a card from DD that she made at school.

I do for DDs Dad (my ex husband not her biological father) because he's earned that "right" by being there for his DD

Her Bio dad i don't bother with because he has nothing to do with her, Hell he moved towns and didn't even tell us he moved!
I spent a couple years where i did a card or text him, but realised it was really just spiteful rubbing his nose in the fact that he had a daughter he didn't want to bother with!

nah, my ds is with his dad today by default and if he was with me he would get a phone call, or maybe go out for lunch with them if thats what they'd organised. i think he might also get a card that they were making at keas this week.

i used to do stuff for bdays/christmas/fathers day but i realised that i was spending money on someone that essentially didn't return the favour and spent the rest of the year making my life as difficult as possible. now i take the money i would have spent on the occasion and buy something for my ds instead

nope we dont do it. DS's dad couldnt even be bothered sending DS a card for xmas pffft. despite promising DS he'd write to him after their last visit together just a few months b4. hasnt seen him since and DS has a b-day coming up which he keep saying wonder what dad will get me, mum did you remember to tell him we've moved house etc etc poor kid, i dont want to tell him it doesnt matter his dad prob wont send anything anyway. i almost feel like putting a b.day card in the mail from his dad to him, just so he feels that 'i am important' feeling...but then part of me doesnt want to either as its not honest, and bla bla bla.
so fathers day.....hahaha noooo way!
was funny tho, they wrote the typical 'my dad is the best' stories at school, and DS decided to write about his cat instead...and it got in the school newsletter when i asked him about it, his response was well Dad doesnt really do anything, but Jess(cat) does HEEEAPS didnt you read the story mum (with that sheees D'uuuuh look about him)

Yep we do! I think it's nice to get a little something from your children on Mother's Day so I can imagine their dad would love something too for Father's Day.
This year Alyssa took her dad out to a lovely restaurant for breakfast.