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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my family keeps pestering me about whether I've contacted my father yet. My father, the one who treated me and my family like crap throughout my upbringing and cheated on my mom a few years ago. I don't know why they think I'd ever want to see him again. FML
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
Today, my dad's new wife, who is two years younger than me (I'm 24) and hates that I'm a lesbian, threw a fit when I told her that I would never call her Mom. My dad took her side. I don't live with them but still… FML
Today, I happily introduced my stepfather to my friends as my dad. He told me, "Don't ever fucking call me that." FML
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
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
Today, I tried to reconcile with my estranged father after learning that all the things my mom said were lies to turn me against him. He refused and told me that he has a new daughter and that I'm not part of the picture. I know I deserve it but… FML
Today, I met my paternal grandparents for the first time, since my dad was never in my life and my mom wouldn’t talk about him. According to them, I have at least 28 other siblings from him, and who knows how many that haven’t come forward. No wonder my mom always hated him. FML
Today, my estranged father died. No one bothered to tell me, and the only reason I found out was because his wife texted my sister. When I asked about the service, I was told I was not welcome in the state he had lived in, because I was no longer family. 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
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thew_fml 14
he's an ass
Lounia_fml 8
Tell him that he can't contact you either because it would be awkward explaining to your new dad.
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twistedupbad 0
I think you should show up to his house after a calling him a massive amount of times, and pretend your his 28 year old girlfriend(:
remysgal 0
That is pretty ****** up, to be honest, but unfortunately, they are his kids and so it is his choice. Wait until they are 18, and legally emancipated (if 18 is the legal age of emancipation in your state/country/region) and then contact them if you still feel the same way. That way you have behave completely impeccably and they and he will have nothing to reproach you for. They will also be mature enough to decide what they want.
squibbyboo 0
Is he also a serial killer named Arthur Mitchell who builds houses for Four Walls? And you try to cover for him by killing Agent Lundy so the police wouldn't find out about him?
tc1586 0
Heartbreaking. Personally, I'd call everyday until he manned up.
Shieldmaiden 0
Show up on his doorstep with a copy of your birth certificate, and a "welcome to the family" present for the new relatives.
Scoop2552 6
#144, do this one. except explain it more indepth, if it was a text, DO NOT DELETE IT! make the piece of shit squirm for what he tried.
b3rnic3 1
be happy and this is life
PrincessLily8402 11
I actually know how you feel. My father, whom I've never met, told me the same thing two years ago. Freaking sucks!
Adventurer2012 0
Eh, shit happens, I got a dad like that except worse cos he did it 2ce.
tbone_V 0
uhm, I don't think so. Show up to the house unannounced and make sure you give a piece of your mind infront of his "family" No father should pull off shit like that towards their children. If he is living with them or not.