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[quote=Anonymous]My situation is much more mild than previous posters, but I fully came to the realization that my dad’s ability to love and care about anyone is very stunted in my early 20s. He likes that he can brag about my successes and those of my siblings. But he has never known much about us. He did come to a few “big”events like dance recitals. But he never bothered to watch me be a cheerleader as an example. He never knew our birthdays. He knows very little about our lives now. He can go weeks/months without making contact. He makes contact when he needs something or has a health scare. There are more and more health scares as he ages. He just doesn’t know what love is. He is an insecure, narcissistic person. He cannot really be happy for anyone’s success because he feels threatened by it. He is a drama king that needs everything to be about him.

My sister called him out on all this and his “lack of curiosity” about our lives. It changed nothing.

He is going to be sorely disappointed at his kid’s lack of involvement as he ages. It isn’t that we won’t do anything at all — we will. But none of us are close to him. We aren’t going to give him all the attention and sympathy he so desperately craves.[/quote]

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