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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to visit my dad for the first time in over a year, as I have been studying for my Master's degree in history halfway across the world. The first thing he said to me? "So, gotten a real job yet?" 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 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
Today, I saw my dad for the first time in almost five years, at his funeral. FML
Today, I'm terminally ill, in a foreign country for treatment, and I was feeling hurt and sad inside, so I rang my parents to just talk, to feel warm and protected. My father told me on the phone with an indifferent tone, "Son, we're out for some shopping and getting groceries, Mom will call you back." They never did. FML
Today, my father contacted me for the first time in close to 2 months. The first thing he did was ask if I wanted to buy some weed. FML
Today, my dad started Skype-ing with his long-distance friend. They’re both almost 90, barely have their hearing, and can't stop shouting. FML
Today, I was sitting in my room when my dad walked in to talk. He said I'm not the son he'd hoped for, and that he'd been let down as a father. He said I should change the way I am so that he could love me more. It was the longest conversation I've had with my dad in years. FML
Today, I got the guts to call my dad for the first time in nine years. He said he "almost didn't remember" he "had another daughter." Another? FML
Today, I got a missed call from my dad, who hasn't talked to me in months and has vowed not to have anything to do with me. I called him back excitedly and apologized for missing his call, and we had a 20-second conversation about how his phone accidentally dialed my number. FML
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Lolersauczors 0
She could have visited her dad or went to a different area in Mongolia. Besides, while volenteering you don't get any thing better than the people your helping. So of course she went somewhere else. God, people use logic and think.
JessicaAnnnn 0
omg you guys are dumb. when you volunteer, you are obviously helping a less fortunate part of the country. so no there isnt running water, and it probably is cold, and THERES NO INTERNET! sheesh...the people that go on these trips dont stay there the whole time, they get breaks to go back to civilization for a little bit where there is internet.... if some of you took the time to research anything you might understand.
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wowzerz123 0
interesting how u have no running water...but u have internet access
CatherineARE 0
agreed
Intoxicunt 6
Is your dad plexico?
Intoxicunt 6
Mercy is my daughter? Sweet! The question remains: Is plex the father? I don't remember any of the pregnancy, so I guess it could be anyone. Oh! I know. You're lauralatch's (or KaySL's, if you want) and my daughter. Mercy has two mommies.
Lolersauczors 0
She could have visited her dad or went to a different area in Mongolia. Besides, while volenteering you don't get any thing better than the people your helping. So of course she went somewhere else. God, people use logic and think.
JessicaAnnnn 0
omg you guys are dumb. when you volunteer, you are obviously helping a less fortunate part of the country. so no there isnt running water, and it probably is cold, and THERES NO INTERNET! sheesh...the people that go on these trips dont stay there the whole time, they get breaks to go back to civilization for a little bit where there is internet.... if some of you took the time to research anything you might understand.
logforeal 0
I agree with the first part but if I had a son who volunteers at a miserable place to fish for compliments (proven by his post on fml) and bitches about not being the center of attention when he calls to get affection poured on I would have the same reaction
v1kt4r 13
So what exactly were you expecting him to say to you, "I'm so proud of you for doing the world a great service, blah blah blah" give yourself a cookie And what do you mean "hadn't spoken to him in over a year" whose fault is that, are there no phones in Mongolia or did you think your number was listed in the Mongolia yellow pages
DrunkenValor 0
You're a mongolion yellow page.
FireFlie07 20
If the OP is volunteering, then generally they will be poor and making a phone call from the-middle-of-nowhere in Mongolia to the states is probably expensive as hell. They might only be able to call when they are in a Capital on leave if they are in the Corps. Likewise to get online.
Intoxicunt 6
Damn rohypnol. Oh well, Mercy, you have to take my last name now, since the father is listed as "unknown". Milfshake, lol.
Intoxicunt 6
I don't fight crime, I commit crime! The absinthe is fine, though.
Intoxicunt 6
Oh. Can the crime also be president Obama? I dislike him.
Intoxicunt 6
Yeah, I just generally hate him. The shit with the professor in...Boston, I think, that further proved his stupidity. I CAN HAZ PRESENTZ? Ok, Obama's on "the list".