Family, Awkward and Miscellaneous: Today, my father asked me to never contact him again. The reason?...

By forgottendaughter - 17/01/2010 14:41 - South Africa

Today, my father asked me to never contact him again. The reason? His "new" family doesn't know I exist and explaining that he has a 28 year-old daughter to his wife and his other children would be "awkward". I have siblings that I will never meet. FML

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By meens42 - 30/09/2013 08:04 - United States

Today, my dad asked me to stop calling him "dad" because it’s too weird for his girlfriend’s kids to hear, because they call him dad. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/11/2015 13:47 - United States - Kenosha

Today, my deadbeat dad threatened to press charges against me for harassment if I ever contact him again. I've contacted him twice in the last two years, once to tell him he was going to be a grandfather, and once to send him a birthday card from my son. FML

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By Jes - 28/06/2016 00:44

Today, my father called me to ask what my middle name is. He apparently needed to know it to remove me out from his will. FML

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By T - 01/10/2010 09:09 - France

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

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By snow - 22/09/2009 09:12 - Australia

Today, I found my biological father, who I have never met, on facebook and decided to message him. He blocked me. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/02/2017 18:00 - United States - Twinsburg

Today, I was pulled aside by my father's new wife and told, "You're not your dad's favorite anymore and you need to stop acting like it." FML

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By anonymous - 15/10/2017 01:30

Today, my dad's face flushed when I introduced him to my new boyfriend. I live in a small town, and it turns out my dad recognized him. He's the secret child from an affair two decades ago. He's my half-brother. FML

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Sunday 17 January 2010 19:59

he's an ass

Lounia_fml 8

Sunday 17 January 2010 20:02

Tell him that he can't contact you either because it would be awkward explaining to your new dad.

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fmlanonymous_00 0

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:05

Introduce yourself to his wife. Tell her that you're his daughter, that he's a cold-blooded creature who is capable of disowning his own daughter and that one day, if he finds a new lover, he would probably be equally capable of abandoning her and their children as well. Not exactly a new idea. With that said, don't do it unless you know you can live with it if you break a family (his wife and other children, after all, are not involved in what he did as far as I can tell). Some wives just don't take "hidden secret daughters who are not a product of their marriages" very well, you know. You can take your revenge or take the high road. Either way, for the rest of your life you don't have a father and you can choose to become a great parent unlike some assholes.

queenoflalaland 0

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:17

screw him. meet your siblings

HyperTAP 5

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:22

you gotta think of an awesome way to get your dad back for that. That is just terrible he must not have a soul :(

andysofa 0

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:25

thats what facebook is for

lolfmlfail 0

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:30

search him up go go his house and when someone opens the door say "hi is --- here...why...he's my dad"

cali_bum 0

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:49

that's fuckn wrong

heartagram_in_ro 0

Sunday 17 January 2010 23:59

I totally agree that you should meet them anyway if you truly want to know them. don't let him get away with robbing you of more than he has. force him to acknowledge you and meet your family. you have every right to know them if you so choose.

boatkicker 4

Monday 18 January 2010 0:09

After that I probably wouldn't want to see him again. I can hold a grudge forever, when its something like that. However, I would still want to know my siblings. Tell him that you want to see them, if he refuses show up at his house. Technically he has the right to kick you out, but that would make him look bad in front of his new wife. Get to know your little brothers or sisters. At least let them know that if they want to see you ever, that they have the option. They may or may not be old enough now to make that decision for themselves (as in Daddy says no, adn they have to listen) but someday they will be.