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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, 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
Today, I saw my dad for the first time in almost five years, at his funeral. FML
Today, my dad introduced me to my half-sister. He'd only recently found out that he had another daughter by another woman, and had only just met her. She and I have been in the same class in school for the past three years. FML
Today, I found out that the man I called grandpa for 40 years is really my dad. My drunk aunt spilled the beans. Her exact words were, "My dad is a better dad to you than he EVER was to me! You never wondered why he treated you better than his other grandchildren? You're his son!" FML
Today, I brought a boy home for the first time, only to have my dad ask him what his mother's maiden name was. When he answered, my dad exclaimed, "Oh yeah! I think I dated her in high school. I could be your father!" FML
Today, my estranged, alcoholic father decided to tell me I have a sister. After 30 minutes of him describing how beautiful she is, how much we look alike, and how she has lived one town away from me her entire life, I was excited to the point of tears. Too bad she died a year ago. Thanks dad. 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, 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, I contacted my biological father, after not speaking to him for some years, as we had a very strained relationship. I received an automated response. It's probably the best conversation we have ever had. FML
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Top comments
TJammah 0
let his other daughter take care of his future nursing home expenses
Jewelofagal 2
I'm sorry that he has turned out to be just a "sperm donor" rather than a Dad. The good thing is that you know about his character (or lack thereof) and can look to other people to provide the "fatherly" attributes he has failed to provide.
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Comments (85)
mrPoirot 0
sorry op. that sucks
megamandude455 10
Steve Wilkos. no wait, JERRY JERRY JERRY JERRY
cantfightfate 0
well you haven't spoken to him in 9 years. there's a chance he could have had more children in that time.
kidwiththehair12 0
FYL for not knowing it only takes 9 months for a child to be born op :(
Sonfang 19
To all the people who blame the dad: Did you ever stop to think maybe they had a falling out, and she left? That maybe the contact was lost because she hurt him so badly, and that in trying to forget his pain him and her mother had at least one more child? Hello, come on people, not every "absent" father is the fathers fault! Op whatever the reason y'all haven't talked it's good that you made a step towards communication, don't worry about the "other" daughter. Enjoy your dad! =^_^=
iHOOT4Hooters 0
Say, "Oh, well I almost forgot that I don't have a loving dad", and then hang up.
SOCALME 3
OMG sucks too be you
laughing_atyou 0
2-to*
junkusernamexyz 17
Number two spelled to like too.
vballerlover07 0
that sucks. maybe you should have talked to him?
meganannee 0
ouch. but why didn't you talk to him for 9 years....?
lionandthelamb61 9
your dad's a ****
JillianlikesVogu 0
Just because he has more than one daughter, he is a ****? No.
lionandthelamb61 9
No, because he can't even remember he has more than one daughter. He sleeps around enough to have children with different mothers and then abandons the responsibilities that come along with being a parent.
5t3ff1k4h 47
I interpreted it as he's slept around so much and consequently had enough children that he forgot about OP. It sort of makes me think OP is the first (or close to) born.
libertarian 0
sounded to me like he had another daughter in those 9 years and didn't care to think about the other daughter who they had a falling out with
HeatherXCore 0
How dare he have more children! What a *****! I don't know the full story but my thoughts are there was possibly a divorce with her father leaving her and her mother and they lost contact and he started a new family, and forgot about the previous one.
LTFlames 0
I believe the correct term is man *****
Smeagol648 0
ANOTHER daughter? well that sucks.
welcomejoe 0
nice quote integration there op
Jewelofagal 2
I'm sorry that he has turned out to be just a "sperm donor" rather than a Dad. The good thing is that you know about his character (or lack thereof) and can look to other people to provide the "fatherly" attributes he has failed to provide.
Doopliss01 0
YDI?
Cjw1220 0
Jew.
RedPillSucks 33
WTF?
boritom 1
Your dad is a simmering bucket of putrid fail. You're better off without him.
TJammah 0
let his other daughter take care of his future nursing home expenses