I had a talk with my grandmother (dad's mom) last night over the phone. It was mainly a 45 minute discussion on my dad and what he has and hasn't done over the years.
My parents divorced when I was 4, so with the exception of the early years, my dad wasn't around very much to 'man me up', etc. This got worse after he got remarried and had 3 more kids.
Although I tried to understand, it was hard when it constantly seemed like my brothers came first all the time. This sounds almost opposite from what it should be. One would think that he should have been making a bigger effort to spend time with me since we didn't live together.
It's only been senior year of high school and freshman year of college that my dad's started wanting to do stuff with me. Naturally, I became busier towards the end of high school and especially college so I wasn't able to do anything. My childhood is gone now. "Establishing a foundation" time is long since past. He waited too late to try to play a part in my life.
I didn't even go visit him today, on Father's Day...I'm a horrible son(?)
My parents divorced when I was 4, so with the exception of the early years, my dad wasn't around very much to 'man me up', etc. This got worse after he got remarried and had 3 more kids.
Although I tried to understand, it was hard when it constantly seemed like my brothers came first all the time. This sounds almost opposite from what it should be. One would think that he should have been making a bigger effort to spend time with me since we didn't live together.
It's only been senior year of high school and freshman year of college that my dad's started wanting to do stuff with me. Naturally, I became busier towards the end of high school and especially college so I wasn't able to do anything. My childhood is gone now. "Establishing a foundation" time is long since past. He waited too late to try to play a part in my life.
I didn't even go visit him today, on Father's Day...I'm a horrible son(?)
