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Hi All,
First time poster, so please bear with me.
My father (sons grandfather) has been spending more and more time with his girlfriend and her family recently, but complaining that he never sees his grandson, but never has time for him.
Then last night, I found out the he and/or his girlfriend has been bad mouthing use to all her family plus other people. The have been calling us stuck up, gypsies, saying we live in a scruffy unclean flat.
Our home isn't always the tidiest, but both myself and my wife work and have a 2 year old that is like a tornado! But, it is always clean!!!
This has upset my wife A LOT as you can imagine. She now doesn't want any of them in our home, etc, etc.
I don't really know how to move forward with this. Do I just disconnect from my father (our blood family will most likely take my side as they don't like his girlfriend), or try and sit down and talk to him, and if so how do I approach the subject?
Thanks in advance.
i would try and sit down as find out what the issue is with them....take what has been said with a pinch of salt...stories carried back usually get exagerated.
as for your house not being tidy.....ive always been of the opinion that people come to visit you...not your house...and if its really that bad...why did he not offer to give you a hand.
hope you get it sorted.
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