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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a father like this. He wasn’t abusive but he made it clear that he didn’t want kids and never wanted to do fun things with us, give us treats, etc. He’d make jokes at our expense. He rarely hugged us and never said I love you. My mom thought this was normal as men supposedly “aren’t into parenting.” Bull.

We barely speak now. He doesn’t even remember my birthday or how old I am. Sometimes he’ll text me on Mother’s Day. We “keep in touch” through my mother. When my mom drags him to family events at my house or my kids’ games, he’s always itching to get away. It’s rude and hurtful, tbf.

It’s more serious than people are saying in this thread. If this man wants a relationship with his children when they are adults, he needs to lay the foundation now.[/quote]

Me again. The crazy thing is, he probably sees himself as a good father. My mother knows I feel this way and she knows better than to try to sing his praises as a father to me. We had a big fight about it once after he acted inappropriately to me during a visit with my kids and she was like, yeah I see your point.

Bottom line is, he shouldn’t have had kids but he did it to make my mom happy. Ok fine but what about the actual kids who are people who matter too? Growing up with a parent who doesn’t show interest in you/makes you feel like a burden is tough. It wrecks your self esteem.[/quote]

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