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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dad had a complete separate family. I learned in 3rd grade. It did taint how I looked at him, but the real loser in my eyes is my mom who flipped out and didn't try to save her marriage. As a result, my full sibling and I grew up in poverty while the halfs got a pretty cushy upbringing AND our dad. My mom also has spent the last three decades trashing my dad and his mistress.[/quote]

Um, you do realize that your Dad is the a-hole here, right.  Please tell me you haven't blamed/vilified your mother for this.  [/quote]

My dad has apologized to us again and again. My mother takes no responsibility for her role in how things ended up. To this day, my mother ruins nearly every family occasion by trying to pick a fight with my dad. I glad that at least he got some peace from her when he left. Wish he'd taken us, too. Growing up in the ghetto is hard. Growing up in the ghetto with a depressed, bitter mother is so much worse. [/quote]

Ha! He didn't take you with him because he didn't care about you and probably still doesn't. You're lucky you had a bitter, depressed mother to raise you, since your father certainly wanted no part of you.

I sincerely hope you're a troll.[/quote]

Actually, my dad and I are very close. Fathers almost never got full custody back then (1980s). He visited me once a month all through high school and twice a semester when I was in college. When I was in college and then later working in a foreign country, I spoke with my dad by phone every single day on his dime. [/quote]

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