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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Comments (216)
delco714 0
sounds like the premise to this past season's Dexter!.. but, if real, i feel very bad for you.
LemonStarship 5
Yeah totally introduce yourself to them
Cptn_Oblivious 0
Perdix, never realised u were south african. Your comments crack me up.
ily1210 10
if i was you i would go to where he lives on purpose.. show him.
andyjmck 0
I have an ex wife and a son, it;s difficult because she has remarried (luckily a nice guy) and lives about 600 miles away. All I can do is pay every month and pick him up on holidays (when it suits her). I feel sorry for the woman he married and the new kids! Hang tough. In my experience a lot of parents are not fit. And any kid who says he had his iPod confiscated does not know what I mean?
Bboy_DiSpirit 24
well found out where he lives and visit him. when they see you say im his other daughter xP
andyjmck 0
I think she should avoid hm like the plague. But her "siblings should get to meet her? Not for revenge, just because those other kids need to know they have family?
freshx_fml 6
that happened to my spouse
rawrimapenguin 0
that suckss!
roflcobra 4
I'm with the crowd on this one. Call his wife, explain who you are, and invite her out for lunch to tell her all about dear old dad.
andyjmck 0
I think she should avoid hm like the plague. But her "siblings should get to meet her? Not for revenge (you are better than him), just because those other kids need to know they have family? And one day you guys might need each other? With a dad like that I give it good odds? Instead of confronting him, send him this whole link? http://www.fmylife.com/miscellaneous/7395726?af=-1263760440#commenter If he knows how to use a computer?