Kid one graduated from high school last night. And while it was an emotional experience for me, it was nowhere near as intense as I thought it would be. Now, X 1 never said this to me outright, but I have a feeling that his graduation felt more like he was going out with a whimper instead of a celebration of his achievements.
As late as January, kid one was within academic top 10 of his graduated class. Keep in mind, he graduated with 544 students last night X1 and I talked about this a little bit and it seems like he was just kind of blowing things off during his final semester; except for it really advanced classes. Basically the rest of the time, he just mailed it in.
One thing I really angry me last night was men I found out that the graduation on the Internet. One never bothered you give the link for livestream. She gave it to my aunt,. But I really think either Fred or mother would’ve enjoyed watching graduation yesterday. Thankfully, they’re going to archive the stream in the school website.
The situation with providing the link to the live stream is just an example of X1 intentional kept me out of the loop over the years. I know, this may have been a legitimate error. But the last 13 years of she’s more interested in keeping in touch with my aunt than she is me. I don’t expect her and I to be friends, or even friendly. But I am Kid 1’s father. I’ve at least earned the right to coparent.
A weird thing happened today when we are all saying our goodbyes as kid 2 and I were getting ready to get back in the car to head home. I didn’t cry at all when Kid 1 and I said goodbye. I didn’t even get a little choked up. For an old softy like me, that’s unheard of. I think I was still a little angry about the situation with the graduation lifestream. But it may because I know that – in just three months time – Kid 1 will be living closer to me than he ever has.
It’ll be interesting to see how things go in the future.. I’m no longer paying child support. He’s no longer obligated to visit me. And I really am not obligated to do anything with his mother, beyond coparenting. I wonder what kind of relationship kid 1 and his Mom will have. I wonder what kind of relationship Kid 1 and I will have going forward. One thing’s for sure: the times they are a changin’…
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