You know that question in Fight Club where they ask if you could fight any person...who would it be and Edward Norton says he'd fight his father...?
I would answer that the same way.
I called him today to tell him about my engagement (by the way, yesterday was mine and Christine's 3 year anniversary so I popped the question. She said yes.)
Instead of an immediate congratulations, he goes off on a tangent about how I better give him at least 6 months notice for the wedding unless I send him a plane ticket because it's going to be such a huge hassle for him to come up to CT from SC with his 7 fucking "dogs" (I barely count chihuahuas and dachshunds as dogs) and his mother-in-law.
Finally he congratulates me by saying "Congratulations, I guess..."
Thanks "dad", you trailer trash piece of shit...
The man has never even attempted to find common ground with me.
Snakes are my thing. He tells me how much he hates them and kills them with his .22 pistol.
I hate cars...he tried to teach me to work on them...
He hated that I read comic books...
He never supported my love of science.
Yet he claims to be "proud" of me.
Fuck you. Fuck yourself with a rusty chain saw.
Then...he moves to South Carolina and leaves ME to take care of his parents land...and fucking guilt trips me if I can't get up there to mow for my grandparents. I love the hell of out of my grandparents and bust my ass to help them whenever I can...Gods forbid I take a weekend off to myself because it's too hot for a 375 lb guy to weedwhack! What must I be thinking not wanting to die of heat stroke. How fucking selfish of me.
It angers me that I am related to a man as fucking useless as him...
and boggles my mind how someone like him can come from two of the nicest people on Earth (my grandparents.)
Have I mentioned that I am the only son he has that talks to him? My brother decided when he was FOUR that he wanted nothing to do with our "father" and hasn't talked to him in 18 years.
Probably the best decision he's ever made.
I wish he was here right now so I could break my hand on his jaw...
-Me
ps: I almost forgot to mention...last year for my birthday, he sent a card with a picture of his fucking dogs in it. That's it. Just dogs.
I would answer that the same way.
I called him today to tell him about my engagement (by the way, yesterday was mine and Christine's 3 year anniversary so I popped the question. She said yes.)
Instead of an immediate congratulations, he goes off on a tangent about how I better give him at least 6 months notice for the wedding unless I send him a plane ticket because it's going to be such a huge hassle for him to come up to CT from SC with his 7 fucking "dogs" (I barely count chihuahuas and dachshunds as dogs) and his mother-in-law.
Finally he congratulates me by saying "Congratulations, I guess..."
Thanks "dad", you trailer trash piece of shit...
The man has never even attempted to find common ground with me.
Snakes are my thing. He tells me how much he hates them and kills them with his .22 pistol.
I hate cars...he tried to teach me to work on them...
He hated that I read comic books...
He never supported my love of science.
Yet he claims to be "proud" of me.
Fuck you. Fuck yourself with a rusty chain saw.
Then...he moves to South Carolina and leaves ME to take care of his parents land...and fucking guilt trips me if I can't get up there to mow for my grandparents. I love the hell of out of my grandparents and bust my ass to help them whenever I can...Gods forbid I take a weekend off to myself because it's too hot for a 375 lb guy to weedwhack! What must I be thinking not wanting to die of heat stroke. How fucking selfish of me.
It angers me that I am related to a man as fucking useless as him...
and boggles my mind how someone like him can come from two of the nicest people on Earth (my grandparents.)
Have I mentioned that I am the only son he has that talks to him? My brother decided when he was FOUR that he wanted nothing to do with our "father" and hasn't talked to him in 18 years.
Probably the best decision he's ever made.
I wish he was here right now so I could break my hand on his jaw...
-Me
ps: I almost forgot to mention...last year for my birthday, he sent a card with a picture of his fucking dogs in it. That's it. Just dogs.
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pinyon:
Have you ever said all that to him?
pinyon:
That is something I always ask, but I am the same. Non-confrontational. Especially with those who are the closest. Good luck with whatever action you decide to take.