Family, Thief and Money: You asshat

You asshat

By Natalie - 14/07/2012 16:46 - United States - Odessa

Today, my father, who's never played much part in my life, told me how proud he is of me. I choked back tears, and we hugged for the first time in years. Later, I choked back my rage when I saw he'd opened my mail and obviously planned on leeching my new-found SSI money off me. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/05/2014 21:04 - United Kingdom - London

Today, for the first time in my life, my dad said he was proud of me. It meant a lot to me, and I started tearing up. Noticing my emotion, he looked at me pityingly, said "Aaaaand it's gone." and walked out of the room. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/11/2010 04:41 - United States

Today, I received my acceptance letter to one of the most prestigious universities in the US, as well as a nice scholarship. I was so proud of myself, I eagerly showed my dad, hoping he would shed a tear or two. His only words were, "Just get a job so you can get the hell out of my house." FML

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By Anonymous - 07/10/2010 04:39 - United States

Today, after years of waiting, my mom and I finally received a check from Child Support Services. Excited, I opened it up to find a check from my dad, written out for 45 cents. Which pays for maybe half a loaf of bread. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/04/2009 16:13 - United States

Today, my Dad called me to tell me that he had finally won the lottery and that I no longer had to worry about trying to find a way to pay for school. I was so excited I started crying. He then told me that he won $5 on a scratch off lotto ticket. He bought a sandwich. Funny dad. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/02/2013 19:26 - United States - Grandville

Today, I heard from my dad for the first time in over six months. It was through Facebook, in a message blaming my brothers and me for his horrible life, and in which he spelled my name wrong. FML

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By Dan223 - 01/10/2015 13:26 - United States

Today, I saw my dad for the first time in almost five years, at his funeral. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/12/2009 08:51 - United States

Today, I found out that the person sending me secret love letters was actually my dad, who felt sorry for me. FML

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By poked - 06/03/2011 00:24 - United States

Today, my father who left my family over 10 years ago and never contacted us or paid child support, poked me on Facebook. FML

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By hatetodisappoint - 21/10/2011 06:32 - United States

Today, I called my very overprotective father, and he took the time to tell me how proud he was of me for finally finding a good and respectable boyfriend. And that he was sorry he misjudged. I was calling for bail money to get my "good, respectable" boyfriend out of jail. FML

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Pleasant

By daddydaughterWTF - 02/08/2012 00:06 - United States - Port Saint Lucie

Today, after spending five years regaining contact with my estranged father, I finally met him. I tearfully dropped my luggage and ran to hug him. He belched and told me to get in the car, because he had diarrhea. FML

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Sunday 15 July 2012 2:07

Scum of a leeching father

astoryofroses 9

Sunday 15 July 2012 2:10

"daughter, as long as you can shower me in money I'll love you, but once that stops, so does my love for you" what a jerk

Comments

jtk4706 0

Sunday 15 July 2012 15:20

Wow. That's almost as bad as someone leeching off the federal government.

GK2012 9

Sunday 15 July 2012 16:12

If you're legally an adult and your father isn't your representative payee (a person who successfully applied to receive money on someone's behalf because he/she cannot manage their own money), he is not legally *ALLOWED* to cash your check. Unless his name is on the Treasury check, he cannot endorse & then cash the check; only you (or if you have a payee) can. So if there's any evidence of someone else's check endorsement or mail tampering (opening other people's mail), that's criminal activity. Report any check issues to Social Security Administration; you can go in person or call your local field office. If you haven't already, I would open a direct deposit account to have the money electronically sent to you.

Brak61 5

Sunday 15 July 2012 16:49

Good ol' Dad, trying to mooch your mooched money. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree!

Locoluis 15

Sunday 15 July 2012 22:37

If he wasn't there with you when you needed him, he has no right to be proud of you. You succeeded in life not because of him, but despite him. FYL

Lovingrose15 0

Monday 16 July 2012 0:47

What an ass! Im sorry OP :( kick him where the sun dont sjine. Thatll teach him

interesting33 36

Monday 16 July 2012 1:22

I don't know the situation. Is it possible that he is genuinely proud of you though? He might not say it but maybe he feels ashamed and embarrassed because you have coped with things so much better than him?

KiddNYC1O 20

Monday 16 July 2012 2:46

Dead beat dads swear they belong.

mattorama 15

Tuesday 17 July 2012 6:44

You're on welfare, and accusing your DAD of being a leech??? LOL!

Vkins 9

Tuesday 17 July 2012 12:58

You're probably one of those people that are thinking that the USA will go bankrupt because of universal healthcare...

SF3P0X1 8

Wednesday 18 July 2012 20:07

Google SSI. You might be surprised at how wrong your comment is.

rocker_chick23 27

Sunday 20 July 2014 7:49

SSI is for people who are disabled or are 65+. It's not welfare, dumbass.

ShyAnn29 14

Tuesday 17 July 2012 11:11

I get SSI, I got denied 4 times before I appealed it, got a lawyer and went before a judge, and after he heard everything, he approved it! The people who fake an illness or a disability in order to get SSI, makes it hard for those who actually need it!