Today, I met up with my dad for the first time in 7 years. We planned to go to a nice restaurant but he changed the place we were going to, to Chuck E. Cheese. I'm 18 years old. I waited an hour for him to show up. I then ended up babysitting his daughter the whole time. 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 was anxiously waiting for the guy I had a crush on to pick me up for our first date. He shows up with his son, whom I never knew about, and takes us to Chuck E. Cheese. FML
Today, my parents booked my 18th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's. FML
Today, I met my father, who I hadn't seen since I was a baby, at Subway. He made me pay for his meal. FML
Today, my elderly dad once again asked me to make a reservation at a restaurant for him and a younger woman he's been seeing. Meanwhile, I haven't had anything even approaching a real date in over a decade. FML
Today, I went to meet my dad, who I haven't seen in years, at a convenience store. He didn't show up, because the location was "inconvenient." FML
Today, I decided to visit my dad. I haven't seen him in a while so I wanted to give him another chance to be an actual dad to me. Apparently, getting drunk and getting it on with his girlfriend while I was there was more important than spending time with his daughter, who he hasn't seen in almost a year. FML
Today, I asked my parents why we hadn't been out to eat as a family for so long. Both mom and dad agreed, so we made plans to go have breakfast at the Waffle House. Upon arriving, Dad threw a tantrum in the restaurant over nothing, and insisted on yelling at us the entire time. Guess I got my answer. FML
Today, my dad and mom and I were going out to eat dinner. My dad wanted a romantic dinner just with my mom so he told me to make an excuse not to go. I did, which ended up as a huge fight, grounded and phone taken away. My dad just stood there in the background putting thumbs up. FML
Today, I was supposed to be going on my first date with a guy I really liked. He never showed up. I just found out my dad was outside washing the car when my date showed up. He told him he didn't have a daughter and to never show up on his driveway again. FML
Today, I was babysitting my 5 year-old niece, and she was really down in the dumps because she didn't get invited to a birthday party. To cheer her up, I took her to Chuck E Cheese. Right when we arrived, we walked in on a birthday party. It was the one that my niece got denied from. FML
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Top comments
allred1997 19
And parent of the year goes too... You because you did more for his kid than he did for either of you
Ethan_Anonymous 28
Sorry OP. Somethings are just not meant to be, especially after 7 years and now this
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Comments (49)
amelitaliz 22
At least you tried! I'm sorry OP. That's terrible. I hope at least the daughter was fun!
iT_Cereal 25
technically that's ops sister
Chibi_Hiroko 18
Or half sister. His dad could've had a child with someone else in the 7 years OP hasn't seen him
Queen_bee1234 21
You should have just left. That's what I would have done.
HawkPVZ 17
I'd agree with you, but he had the daughter. Dont know if someone was around except OP and the child.
allred1997 19
And parent of the year goes too... You because you did more for his kid than he did for either of you
Mathalamus 25
there's probably a reason why you didn't visit him for 7 years...
Nomaddict 14
You honestly can't wrong with ChuckE cheese
MzZombicidal 36
You can when you're stuck babysitting your estranged father's daughter instead of actually visiting with him...
BaDoomes 4
#9 I'm pretty sure that was a joke... Where's the internet spirit?
YourOpinionSucks 22
I hate this site in the fact that the only posts you see are spineless *******. If it were me I'd tell my estranged dad to **** off for another couple of years, and then ditch his bastard child in the ball pit. Not my damn problem.
revolvearoundme 15
Damn least you had skeeball while you waited. My dad did something very similar with me and my sister (minus Chuck E Cheese). Long story short assume he's exactly the person you saw him for today not the person you want him to be because you'll just be disappointed and hurt.
hamrtym 15
He's just a sperm donor. I have one of those too. Best thing you can do is learn what NOT to do when you have kids and break the cycle.
Ethan_Anonymous 28
Sorry OP. Somethings are just not meant to be, especially after 7 years and now this
cosmic_peanut 17
c'mon , don't you love chuck e cheese :( ?
niallo 23
At least you got to meet your sister. I don't foresee you ever having a relationship with your father, but maybe you can have one with your sister. This is where you get to decide. Give her a good memory of you.