My brother...
is useless at dumping people, he ususally just cuts off all contact. He doesn't like confrontation of any kind, hence the run away tactic, but it's not excusable.

He has done it many times but the best was with a girl he was seeing in a town near to where we live. She had a kid, and he had moved out of home to live with her much to my mothers annoyance at the time.

Anyhoo, he comes back from work one day to find his girlfriend has taught her daughter to call him "Daddy!", he then puts on a brave smile and says "oh that's wonderful" etc etc and then an hour laters says he is popping out to the shop for a message, his girl gives him a shopping list and what does he do?

He drives back home, and announces he is moving back in and never calls her again or speaks to her again. She got so worried she even called the police. Twat.
( Bamboo Steamer, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 12:15, 6 replies)

^^
That's pretty shocking.
I'm virtually moved in with my lass and her two young sons. They haven't called me Daddy yet though. She has, but that was in a different context.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 13:01, closed)

my brother is a bit of a tart
he's got 3 kids to 3 different women. his eldest daughter has an older brother and sister but, despite the fact that he was with their mother for 3 years, she insisted that they never call him daddy. they have a father and it's not him. asking a child to call someone daddy when he isn't their daddy is unfair and confusing to the child.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 13:11, closed)

Not good for the kid to learn 'daddy' just as he fucks off.
But she should have talked about that beforehand, sad tale really :(
( Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 13:17, closed)

Pretty awful behaviour
but the girlfriend teaching her kid to call him 'daddy' is pretty shoddy as well. I certainly wouldn't expect Sweary Junior to do that (and to be honest, he wouldn't anyway). I care about him, sure, and want the best for him, but I'm not his dad and never will be.

Good grief, it's a bit like when kids are misbehaving in public, and their mother shoots you a glance and proceeds to utter the magic words "If you don't behave, the man will come and tell you off".

No I fucking won't - I'm more likely to cast you a whithering look, and roll my eyes in a silent "why can't you keep your loin fruits under control without having to resort to implying a threat from a random stranger who has even less skills in the naughty children department than you seem to have"? type of way.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 13:44, closed)

Teaching your child
to call someone "Mommy" or "Daddy" who isn't actually their parent is pretty horrendous, IMHO. And springing that on someone out of the blue? Yikes. No wonder he ran.

That said, he should at least have had the guts to send her an email.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 14:20, closed)

Ahhh!
The old 'my brother' line???
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 14:25, closed)