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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fmlanonymous_00 0
Introduce yourself to his wife. Tell her that you're his daughter, that he's a cold-blooded creature who is capable of disowning his own daughter and that one day, if he finds a new lover, he would probably be equally capable of abandoning her and their children as well. Not exactly a new idea. With that said, don't do it unless you know you can live with it if you break a family (his wife and other children, after all, are not involved in what he did as far as I can tell). Some wives just don't take "hidden secret daughters who are not a product of their marriages" very well, you know. You can take your revenge or take the high road. Either way, for the rest of your life you don't have a father and you can choose to become a great parent unlike some assholes.
queenoflalaland 0
screw him. meet your siblings
HyperTAP 5
you gotta think of an awesome way to get your dad back for that. That is just terrible he must not have a soul :(
andysofa 0
thats what facebook is for
lolfmlfail 0
search him up go go his house and when someone opens the door say "hi is --- here...why...he's my dad"
cali_bum 0
that's fuckn wrong
heartagram_in_ro 0
I totally agree that you should meet them anyway if you truly want to know them. don't let him get away with robbing you of more than he has. force him to acknowledge you and meet your family. you have every right to know them if you so choose.
boatkicker 5
After that I probably wouldn't want to see him again. I can hold a grudge forever, when its something like that. However, I would still want to know my siblings. Tell him that you want to see them, if he refuses show up at his house. Technically he has the right to kick you out, but that would make him look bad in front of his new wife. Get to know your little brothers or sisters. At least let them know that if they want to see you ever, that they have the option. They may or may not be old enough now to make that decision for themselves (as in Daddy says no, adn they have to listen) but someday they will be.
XxCoolPersonxX 0
call him anyways he deserves it that son-of-a-bitch
quietlytearful 0
I agree with #55