Hi forward, sorry for not replying I only bob on the boards every now and again. As I have just posted on another thread and am also gonna post here, something that dawned on me the other day, x left in june 2005, he has not really bothered with son in all that time apart from one occasion of a three month period, and another occasion after 2 and half years he contacted son for around 9 months, up to the present day and ex has not contacted or seen son for nearly two years again, when ex walked out son was a mere child of ten years old, he is now a strapping young man of 17 years old, on his birthday this year ex sent a card, in it he wrote for son to call him should he wish, sons response to that was why should he be the one to contact, he also stated that there are more than two days in a year, ie birthday and christmas, a child is for life not just for two glory days, I do not see son contacting ex at all now after all he says he gave him a chance to rectify himself and ex did not take that chance, I think it is all done and dusted now. ex continues to be married to the skank, whether he is stuck in the relationship because he has nowhere to go or merely due to the fact that he is in fact living his life with her and not contacting his only offspring one does not know, all I find and sometimes worry about is how can you give up your only child and not think about them or contact them for so long, it is knocking on 7 years plus now, and all in all ex has only bothered with son for about a year out of all that time, beats me xxx