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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Today, my dad has dementia and has been getting my name wrong with increasing frequency. During one of his lucid moments, he ended up admitting those wrong names are actually of his other 7 kids, my half siblings to various women, 5 in this country and 2 in Europe, but I’m not to tell my mother. FML
Today, I finally read an email I'd been avoiding. I thought it would be from my dad whom I haven't spoken to in years, and that he was checking on me during the pandemic. It turned out to be spam. The last contact I had with anyone related to my dad was one of his ex's friends, saying she was in jail and needed help. FML
Today, I was confiding in my dad over the phone, after I caught my girlfriend cheating on me. After I hung up and went online, I noticed he'd been live-blogging the whole call on Facebook and commenting that he was considering suicide to escape the boredom. FML
Today, my father who left my family over 10 years ago and never contacted us or paid child support, poked me on Facebook. FML
Today, my father called me for the first time in two weeks since I moved away. Excited, I answered the phone. It was a mistake. He thought he'd called my sister. FML
Today, a woman reached out to me on Twitter to ask me if my dad was OK, since she talks to him every day and they haven't talked in a few days. She also doesn't know if he's in prison or not. My father left when I was 3, and I haven't talked to him in months. FML
Today, I saw my dad for the first time in almost five years, at his funeral. FML
Today, my dad called for the first time in six months. He needs someone to bail him out of jail. FML
Today, I spoke to my dad for the first time in over a year. I've been volunteering in Mongolia, I have no running water, freeze my ass off everyday and communication with anyone who speaks English is scarce. One of the first things my father said to me was, "out of sight, out of mind." FML
Today, my dad posted on Facebook, apologizing to anyone he'd texted the night before. He said he'd gotten wasted and didn't mean anything he said. So much for that first ever "I'm proud of you" then. FML
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sux4u121 10
Just because you had a bad fatherly experience doesn't make fathers overrated. A large majority of dads aren't assholes believe it or not.
redmane 21
My dad died of glioblastoma multiform stage 4 brain cancer when I was 12. He was not overrated. I got my artistic abilities from him and I'm very glad I did. It's a memory to carry with me. Just because yours wasn't there doesn't mean you can say that dads are overrated.
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Comments (63)
yeongji 31
I would messaged him back with a short sentence saying he spelt your name wrong.
Bigger_than_Jesu 5
DYAC!
wifie86 8
That does suck. Dont worry cause both my parents are doing their darnest to block me out only cause i got married and they approved of my husband. :/
Satoaoi 13
his loss. glad his life is horrible if that's how he feels about his kids he deserves it
TheyCallMeDamien 17
Tell him he may feast on fecal matter. Then tell him stop being a loser and take responsibility for his life.
BloodFaerie 21
I would just simply comment with "Ditto" ... would get the point across quite wonderfully with minimal effort but big impact.
Shadowlainx 11
He wants to play the blame game but can't even spell your name right? I think he should be pointing the finger to himself for his horrible life
noremac5 4
How can he be so stupid as to spell your name wrong? It has the name written on the top bar as you message? What a dipshit!
iluvFMLs15 19
Well "anonymous" can sometimes be spelled wrong...right?
Arlisshsr 9
Dammit Gilly.