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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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)
vcapelo 19
If you forget about The awful dad for a moment, you basically you also met your sister. That's at least some kind of a positive thing :)
worldclassrager 41
This may not be in your best interest but perhaps a beer while you are there can be a bit of a pick me up
TweetAnne 13
She can't legally have a beer since she's 18 and is in Ohio.
tranced_ 45
I'm sure he had something really urgent you know, something must've came up.. but the real question is, what about the past 7 years?!
Zebediabolical 45
If I hadn't seen him in seven years, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have waited an hour.
ReallyHottChic 14
I agree! After 15 minutes I would of left. Sorry you waisted your time on someone who doesn't seem to think that it is valuable OP.
everythingelena 28
sorry that happened to you OP but..did he pay you for babysitting at least?
MrKJM 13
now what's the the master plan of pay back
luvlu444 24
at least you now know that he obviously isnt ready to have a relationship yet, and maybe in a few years, if youre still open to the idea, you can try again. in the mean time, maybe you can build a relationship with his daughter
H3LL_K1D 15
Can't say you didn't put the effort into that relationship, sometimes you just have to leave the past in the past and hold on to any decent memories you have of it.
CoupeDeAce 6
Tell him he needs to do a better job or he never will.
vikky538 29
Who ever said a parent treats all their children the same..