not a dad, but someone co-living in an apartment with 7 other people
took me over a year of being a shut-in to start talking with them, and after a few months of connecting, told em i was a shut-in, but am now glad that i started talking with them, and they just accepted and respected it and that’s all
people don’t care why you haven’t initiated contact for a year, 3 years or a decade of being neighbors, all they really care about is the first “sup, hi” and how it goes from there
so, just, greet them and when you see they have time start a conversation. the rest will follow.
not a dad, but someone co-living in an apartment with 7 other people
took me over a year of being a shut-in to start talking with them, and after a few months of connecting, told em i was a shut-in, but am now glad that i started talking with them, and they just accepted and respected it and that’s all
people don’t care why you haven’t initiated contact for a year, 3 years or a decade of being neighbors, all they really care about is the first “sup, hi” and how it goes from there
so, just, greet them and when you see they have time start a conversation. the rest will follow.