AIBU to wonder how any parent could walk by their child in the
street without uttering a single word to them?  (27 Posts)
CommaSpliceQueen Tue 06-Aug-13 21:01:02  This happened to me
again today.  My daughter is 5 and doesn't know her father. We
split up when she was merely a few weeks old due to him being
physically and verbally abusive to me, and yelling at/shaking
dd.  Anyway, he's never made any attempt to get in touch. And
for obvious reasons i haven't went out my way to encourage him
to have a relationship with dd.  Today, me and dd were walking
to the supermarket. A very narrow pathway next to a busy road. I
looked ahead of us and my whole body seized up. My ex - dd's
father - was walking towards us. When he met my eye, he paused
for a moment and looked as though he was considering turning
back. But instead he walked on. And i walked on too. Dd was
chattering away to me, completely unaware her father was only 20
feet in front of us.  I felt really numb but tried to act as
normally as I could. My walkin