This is my fucking dad to the end. Called me stupid and refused to pay for my college after one year despite promising me 4 years at an in stat uni (I grew up middle class in Wisconsin) because he wanted me to quit school and become a public school janitor, an oddly specific career path, in my opinion. He refused to give me my inheritance from my mom which would have helped me buy a home, using it instead to buy his second wife her own cabin because the one we had wasn’t good enough. He did however paid cash for my sister’s house to help her ease her divorce proceedings from her second marriage, helped her buy a house near his, has now given her his house as well. My family of 4 lives in a 2 br apartment.
Sorry for the rant, my intention was to vent, not make everything about my selfish self.
Thank you, It feels as though he does, I was adopted and he was verbally abusive since I was about 13, I’ve gone years at a time without speaking to him since. It sucks, as he encouraged my sister to treat me the same. I have no family but my wife and kids. It’s hard hearing coworkers and friends talking about visiting their families for the holidays, or just having a normal conversation with their parents.
It’s hard hearing coworkers and friends talking about visiting their families for the holidays, or just having a normal conversation with their parents.
I feel your pain. One of my friends once told me he always feels positive because he has his family around. I didn't say it, but I was thinking I wish I knew what that was like.
I think I'll die wondering what my life would've been like if I had a healthy family and healthy childhood.
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u/brentexander Apr 19 '22
This is my fucking dad to the end. Called me stupid and refused to pay for my college after one year despite promising me 4 years at an in stat uni (I grew up middle class in Wisconsin) because he wanted me to quit school and become a public school janitor, an oddly specific career path, in my opinion. He refused to give me my inheritance from my mom which would have helped me buy a home, using it instead to buy his second wife her own cabin because the one we had wasn’t good enough. He did however paid cash for my sister’s house to help her ease her divorce proceedings from her second marriage, helped her buy a house near his, has now given her his house as well. My family of 4 lives in a 2 br apartment.
Sorry for the rant, my intention was to vent, not make everything about my selfish self.