16 June 2024

16 Years

It's been 16 years since I last spoke to my father.

He called to tell me that his mom, my grandma, had passed on.  A week after the funeral.

He did, however, let everyone in the family think that I'd refused to come.  That was nice.

Two years ago I did send him a birthday card for his 80th.

The ball really is in his court, but the pattern it's following is familiar.

Once he got a family with Wife #2, he didn't need family from Wife #1.

Reminding him we exist bugs him and pisses off Wife #2.

C'est la vie.

Posted by Angus McThag at 16:10
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  1. Technomad17 June, 2024 13:12

    I'm really sorry for you. God knows my dad gave me a lot of headaches, particularly after he started drinking again, but he'd have never abandoned me and I never abandoned him.

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