Dad turned up at 11 o’clock this morning, I couldn’t believe it. I answered the door and there he was. I thought there must be some sort of an emergency, but he just sauntered in and found Mum and Steve having a late breakfast. They w ere really embarrassed and started spluttering all over the place. Later it became apparent that he’d called unannounced because Andrew had let it slip that Steve had moved in and Dad was furious that Mum hadn’t phoned him to ask if it was all right!! ASK? What a bloody cheek he’s got, he buggers off with another woman, practically ignoring the fact that he has an ex-wife and children and then thinks he’s got the right to make decisions about our lives. I’m not Steve’s greatest fan, but I don’t see why he, or Mum should have to put up with that kind of crap from Dad. He came the old moral high ground and said that he wanted to see what kind of a man Steve was if he was living with Dad’s children. Which any normal parent would want to know, but not one who hasn’t even bothered to see us for ages. Mum and Steve were a bit soft and tried to placate Dad to get him out of the house as soon as possible. I told Dad that I thought he had a cheek, and he told me that it was typical of me to react like that. I ended up having a bit of a row with him, but it made me feel quite good, because for each thing that he said in his defence I had a rational reason why he shouldn’t think like that. But in the end Mum asked me to leave so that she Steve and Dad could have a chat on their own. I think she was worried that he would cause trouble if I annoyed him too much. Eventually he left, but didn’t bother to say goodbye to me – what a caring Dad...