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The real problem is that you're not grateful for what they did right.

For them having stuck together to raise you.
For them to have stuck to their jobs to create a stable home, with no drug addiction, mental health issues, explosive anger or other abusive tendencies.

I know it's easy to blame parents for everything, I blame my own mother for a lot of things. But at some point you have to grow up and realize that you are responsible for your own life, just like everybody else. You can't change your father's personality. I strongly suspect he would have behaved exactly the same even if he had yearned for children, had a college education and a better-paying job! It doesn't mean he doesn't love you, OP.

My father is uncommunicative and acts as if he doesn't care. But I know he loves us all very very much! He stuck to my mother when they had a first child out of wedlock, and stuck to her when she developed a deeply handicapping chronic illness. He was a workaholic and I didn't interact with him much. Yet I love him and I am grateful for all that he did for us.

This is a great post.

Let go of the unattainable dream, and learn to appreciate what's right there in front of your nose. That's the secret to a happy life.

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