He could, perhaps, have partially resurrected his public image if he had stood loyally by his pregnant partner and refuted such prurient speculation utterly.ĭue dates are calculated from the date of the mother’s last period not her last sexual encounter. If, as has been suggested, it was the media who crunched the dates and cast doubts on the timings, he had no need to respond to them. Whatever his private doubts he should simply have kept them between himself and Ms Campion.
Not to mention being in the full glare of the media, facing public disgrace and questions about alleged misuse of power and influence.Īnd it is hard not to wonder why Mr Joyce decided to give such a bizarre interview in the first place. This is not a great place to start a relationship as new parents. His musings about the timing of the baby’s conception suggest he has his doubts. I’d also be mentally preparing myself to welcome my daughter and her child back home to live with us in the not-too-distant future.Īfter all, how can this work out well? Either Mr Joyce and Ms Campion are committed partners or they are not. Poor little sausage, not even born and his parentage, his parent’s sex lives and the circumstances of his conception are public knowledge.įrankly, if Ms Campion were my daughter I’d be working very, very hard to resist the temptation to tell her to leave him.
I’d also be furious at the appalling introduction to the world Mr Joyce is giving to his unborn son.
Surely Mr Joyce knows this? After all, Ms Campion will be a new mother but he is an old hand at fathering. A pregnant woman needs all the support she can get, especially from the father of her child. It is a huge life transition to go from woman to mother and – like all such leaps into the dark – the pregnant woman knows what she is leaving but not what she is going into.įathers face change too, of course, but it is simply not comparable to the physical, emotional and day-to-day life changes that new mothers must navigate. Emotions, especially with a first baby, often run high.
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