Small steps are better than none.
Since Son graduated and moved into Girlfriend's parents' house, he's contacted Husband a few times. The only communication they've had that was decent was on Son's 18th birthday; Husband wished him a happy birthday, Son said thanks. Every time Son messaged Husband, it was always because he wanted something. The first time Son reached out was to say that he needed his Social Security card and asked Husband to mail it or bring it to Son's court hearing for his disorderly conduct citation. The second was because he wasn't able to update anything on his phone, so he accused Husband and/or I of turning on the parental controls to his Google account and demanded that we turn off something we didn't turn on. The third was the message over Labor Day weekend, which I'm still convinced was authored by The Ex, and was when Son told Husband that Girlfriend's dad more of a dad to him than Husband is, and how happy he was now that he was with ...