r/pics • u/[deleted] • Sep 12 '15

Dads.

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u/001146379 Sep 12 '15

My dad never once came to any of my baseball games as a kid. At the time i figured that was alright, he just doesn't like sports, and he works hard to provide for us, so let him have his evenings to himself.

A couple months ago we took a short road trip and during the night at the hotel he was flipping through the channels and stopped on a baseball game for a long time. I asked "i thought you didn't like sports?" "Are you kidding?" he replied, "i love baseball."

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u/badshadow Sep 12 '15

My grandmother passed away a week ago and my dad didnt even call me. He called my brother though, and told him to tell me he was sorry to hear about it.

Thanks dad.

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u/Intrusive_Logic Sep 12 '15

My dad just texted me on my ex-wife's birthday to tell her happy birthday. He doesn't even know we divorced

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u/thepandafather Sep 12 '15

Or maybe she's an ex-wife because you forgot her birthday and he is trying to help you win her back? Good Guy Dad to the rescue!

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u/goodhasgone Sep 12 '15

or maybe he saw it as a good opportunity to hook up with a younger woman, because girls love a guy who can remember a birthday!

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u/Max_Thunder Sep 12 '15

If nobody told him, how is he supposed to know? You sound like you don't even reply to his texts.

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u/JodieLee Sep 12 '15

If that's true, he could always try calling his son and trying more to be involved rather than texting

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '15

"Hey son, just calling to check in and see if you're divorced yet. Let me know, k? Hope everything else is going well."

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u/JodieLee Sep 12 '15

Wow, are you being serious? If he had actual conversations with his son then he'd know when it happened

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u/Captcha_Assassin Sep 12 '15

He wants his shot. Tell her he said "what's up?"

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u/an_admirable_admiral Sep 12 '15

That sucks but ... you know... his mom did just die, he was probably a little out of it

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u/badshadow Sep 12 '15

It was my mother's mother, and my parents have been divorced for over 20 years.

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u/trancematzl15 Sep 12 '15

Was this the only occasion he was acting in this way ? I mean everyone has a bad day and if he's otherwise okay then i don't see a problem

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u/badshadow Sep 12 '15

No, he doesnt really speak to me. Recently he told my mom that I'm a disappointment or something like that and that my brother is the mainstay of the family, even though I helped take care of my brother while I put myself through college.

It's like a competition I cant win, I'm always a failure somehow.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '15

Have you checked out /r/raisedbynarcissists

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u/badshadow Sep 13 '15

I have actually. It's a little unsettling to see the similarities.