Single Dads Support Group

That bites.

My former wife and I are quite amicable and respectful towards each other. In fact it was her weekend with the children and she offered for me to have them Sunday.

Picking them up in mid morning, we went to the book store and read for a while. Despite my wishes to have a good burger and fries, they twisted my arm for pizza. Ouch! The twisting was painful. We went to my apartment and played Legos for quite a while before heading to the fitness center for a couple of hours in the pool to beat the hot weather here. Finally before returning them to Mum, we enjoyed some frozen yogurt.

Upon dropping them off, my daughter gave me two really nice, hand-made cards, and matching daughter-father, pipe-cleaner bracelets. I nearly shed tears on the spot.

It was a great day for being a father, if only I could have shared it with someone special. Maybe next year.

Peace,
John

Asshole was a name that required no special occasion for my ex to throw at me. For a while, I began to think it was my middle name.

This Father's Day was my first weekend alone with my son. She wanted me to have supervised visits, but the court is beginning to see through her lies. Trust me, there are worse things to be called. The only name that I answer to these days is, "Dad".

Misery loves company. I think I may have a worse Fathers Day Gift. I was told by my "brainwashed" children that they would rathe spend Fathers Day with their Step-Father.
I am being strategically removed from my childrens lives by my ex and the SOB she is now married to. Sad thing is there is not much I can do about it without making there lives a living hell at their mothers.
I don't know if I will ever get over hearing that. My heart is completely broken. I love my children.

hmmm...wasn't called an a$$hole, but here's some perspective. For M. Day I made sure our two youngest were at her house, as a surprise that morning, along with the 2 oldest who had an elaborate morning planned. Unfortunately, they left it too late and had no $$. So I ran around that morning, picked up a spa gift certificate for her from them, a card, and a flower bouquet, all before 9 am. Got the kids to her house, snuck them in, and then quietly left. She did call later and say "thanks, that was a nice surprise".

This father's day? She didn't do anything. Of course the kids were with me and I had their home-made stuff from school for F-day, which is way better than anything that they could have bought, but when the kids are this young, I think it's just courtesy to purchase something, even a pair of socks, for the kids to give to the other parent. Or maybe I'm way off base. Which wouldn't be the first time!

I didn't get a gift or card from her, I did get a text saying "Happy Father's Day." The girls got me a bag of my favorite candy and a six-pack of my favorite soda and several home-made cards (my favorite kind). And we all spent the day with my family (parents, sibling and his family, grandparents, aunt/uncles, cousins, etc) so it was a great day anyway.

well here our fathers day is held at a different time fo year. I usually get some things from the kids they make from school and calgary dad I don't thibnk you are off base at all. I'm the opossite, My ex does get the girls to buy me items, but it is for the wrong reasons, it si done soley for the "aren't I a good mummy" factor. not because it is good for the children, if you get me?

I don't get called asshole to my face, instead I recieve phone calls where the most foulest language is directed at me in front of my children, yet it is her that goes on in court about "derogatory comments" made in front of the kids. Now all my friends and family know I will not tolerate any one bad mouthing her in front of my kids, but hell they can say what they like when she isn't around.

But anyways, I try to ignore her totally on such occasions and enjoy the time I have with my children, I too only got them for fathers day because it fell on my sunday with them. and the fact I did spend time with them makes all the bullshit I put up with to look after them worth it.

I haven't had an xmas or a birthday with them in 3 years, and only got easter this year for the same reason as fathers day. Just no thought is put into how it makes the kids feel, and well when the courts don't enforce their own orders of course the mother is going to laugh and do whatever she pleases.
I am meant to hjave shared custody of my kids, after having full custody and she abducted them I settled on the shared care just so I could be in their lives and make sure they were looked after at least 50% of the time. that never happened and I am now down to every 2nd sunday from 9am to 4pm.

the way I look at it is every day I see my children is father's day to me.

Well, I didn't get anything. Actually, I didn't even see my kids on Father's day. My wife's family was having a family reunion and I was not there. On the other hand, I went with my mother and stepfather to Yellowstone National park and got some great pictures of the buffalo and grizzly interaction.

@Atomic - well said, from that perspective, I guess it wasn't so bad after all. Spending the day with them did make it great.