Today, my father, who's never played much part in my life, told me how proud he is of me. I choked back tears, and we hugged for the first time in years. Later, I choked back my rage when I saw he'd opened my mail and obviously planned on leeching my new-found SSI money off me. 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, for the first time in my life, my dad said he was proud of me. It meant a lot to me, and I started tearing up. Noticing my emotion, he looked at me pityingly, said "Aaaaand it's gone." and walked out of the room. FML
Today, I received my acceptance letter to one of the most prestigious universities in the US, as well as a nice scholarship. I was so proud of myself, I eagerly showed my dad, hoping he would shed a tear or two. His only words were, "Just get a job so you can get the hell out of my house." FML
Today, after years of waiting, my mom and I finally received a check from Child Support Services. Excited, I opened it up to find a check from my dad, written out for 45 cents. Which pays for maybe half a loaf of bread. FML
Today, my Dad called me to tell me that he had finally won the lottery and that I no longer had to worry about trying to find a way to pay for school. I was so excited I started crying. He then told me that he won $5 on a scratch off lotto ticket. He bought a sandwich. Funny dad. FML
Today, I heard from my dad for the first time in over six months. It was through Facebook, in a message blaming my brothers and me for his horrible life, and in which he spelled my name wrong. FML
Today, I saw my dad for the first time in almost five years, at his funeral. FML
Today, I found out that the person sending me secret love letters was actually my dad, who felt sorry for me. FML
Today, my father who left my family over 10 years ago and never contacted us or paid child support, poked me on Facebook. FML
Today, I called my very overprotective father, and he took the time to tell me how proud he was of me for finally finding a good and respectable boyfriend. And that he was sorry he misjudged. I was calling for bail money to get my "good, respectable" boyfriend out of jail. FML
Today, after spending five years regaining contact with my estranged father, I finally met him. I tearfully dropped my luggage and ran to hug him. He belched and told me to get in the car, because he had diarrhea. FML
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howrudoin 11
Scum of a leeching father
astoryofroses 9
"daughter, as long as you can shower me in money I'll love you, but once that stops, so does my love for you" what a jerk
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Comments (82)
amandalillian 27
What's SSI? Is it like emancipated child support or something? How come you get the money even if you have parents?
GothicAngel17 24
It would be the same as What Centrelink in Australia is. I'm grateful that Centrelink only does direct deposits after reading this FML :|
trucker1945 9
It's basically welfare if your to lazy to work you get on welfare. Then most people claim to have a health problem because ssi pays better. There are some that actually have health problems and deserve it. But there are a lot that are just plain lazy and want the state to give them a free ride
ShyAnn29 15
I get SSI, because my health makes it so I can't work, the people who get it who don't deserve it, makes it hard for those of us who truly needs it!
panda_burrito 2
What does ssi stand for?
olpally 33
Social security income, I'm guessing but I think that is correct.
MidnaLink 35
I just googled it. Replace Social with Supplemental. Good ol' Google!
GothicAngel17 24
This is why the Australian government only allows direct deposits into your bank when you're on Centrelink. I suggest seeing if you can get direct deposits instead of a cheque so that this never happens again. If it's not your dad doing it next time, it could be a random stranger thieving it from your mailbox.
Leslier_fml 4
Dead beat dad. Sorry.
perdix 31
What's wrong with a dad being proud of his kid being able to get free government money? (I'm not saying the OP deserved the SSI or not.) He's probably bursting with pride that his offspring receiving taxpayer dollars just like a one-percenter Wall Street banker. What's wrong with that? Or wanting to share in the booty?
perdix 31
. . . and people who can convince an underpaid, overworked government bureaucrat that they suffer from one of these problems.
linkinpark98 24
He isn't worthy of the father name tag.
boofybluth 6
Wtf!!!
goldens_fml 12
Okay, OP, if you are 18 or older and have moved out he can no longer do this, after all Tampering with the mail is a federal offense. Get him back for his treachery IN COURT.
davedavedavedav 6
ouch!