when my mom married my dad he already had other kids from two previous marriages. my mom has made it more apparent in recent years that she doesn’t consider them her children (i don’t even think she even thinks of me as her child). i made a post about this forever ago and how i wanted to take the first steps to reconnect with my siblings. it hasn’t really worked with my oldest brother but my other brother it’s going better than expected !

anyways, i thought since it was going so well with him, it would be a great time for my parents (mainly my dad) to start reconnecting as well. his daughters first birthday is coming up and it’d be a great way to break the ice for my dad. my dads not much of a talker, im kinda the only person he’ll carry on a conversation with besides my mom but that’s only because he has to haha. so i feel like if he had a prompt it’d be easier for him instead of just randomly calling my brother on the phone ?

the thing is if i tell him to do it, 1. my mom will somehow talk him out of it and 2. he needs someone to be right there or else all he’ll do is call and say “happy birthday” and then hang up. since i don’t live in the same state, i need to make this all seem like my moms idea so she’ll make sure he does it. somehow i have to find a way to make it benefit my mom (my mom has npd but that’s a whole different story lol).

so i texted my mom and this was her response..

just completely ignored it (btw they didn’t lose power, i asked my sister and she has no idea what my mom is talking about).

ig at this point i just sit back and hope she tells him or that he remembers. i might give them one more reminder but i don’t know how i’d go about that or if i even should ..