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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Me and my siblings had an every other weekend dad growing up since my age of 3. I’m not sure how our relationship would have been if he was just a nicer person. Since we were young (and still to this day) none of us feel like we can be ourselves around him. Any-type of conversation always feels like drawn out small talk. He would say he has to work all the time to pay child support and we never really seen him outside of his designated days. He started out with three kids and eventually made it up to 5 kids with the last two having different mothers. He did in fact have a lot of child support to pay. I don’t feel that’s an excuse to not connect with your children or see them every chance you get. We did not talk on the phone or go to events. I don’t remember him making time for many school events, other than high school graduation. My mom was not the problem in our situation, as she never had anything negative to say about my dad or withheld us from seeing him. I am currently 21 and talk to my dad every few months. I don’t feel a connection with him and a lot of times wish I didn’t have him as my dad. I see him connect with friends, girlfriends and strangers even. It’s difficult because most people would say you’re lucky to have a Dad at all, but to that I say should we praise parents who only do the bare minimum? ( providing food, shelter, clothes)[/quote]

You aren't lucky to have him. There is no value in a having a parent who makes it clear they don't care about you.[/quote]

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