Claire and Andrew both tried to have a go at me today for being so mean to Dad!! Claire was at work when he called and Andrew was out with his mates. Mum must have told him what I said. I told them that I hadn’t been mean, I had just thought he had a cheek to turn up like that and play the wronged father. I couldn’t believe Claire, she said it was difficult for Dad. Difficult? Difficult would be getting off his arse and seeing us every now and then. Even Mum had a “quiet word†about how I had been rude to him. I said that I hadn’t been rude, I’d questioned why he was behaving like that since he had no right. She said “yes, but he’s your fatherâ€, and I said, “much of one†and left it like that. The irony is, is that it doesn’t bother me that he doesn’t keep in touch or make an effort to see us, not the way it bothers Claire and Andrew, I don’t even miss him very much. I’ve accepted that he’s made a new life for himself and that’s that. But, it’s the cheek of it, he’s made his choice, he can’t have it both ways. Steve said, “I know you’ve had a hard time about what you said, but thanks for sticking up for me.†Are they all mad? I wasn’t sticking up for Steve, I was talking about the principal, but anyway, at least Steve didn’t try and tell me off about it.