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What would you call this?

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twiggy19 · 07/02/2022 22:42

A very long scenario in a snippet!

My mum & dad split when I was 3
Dad - Irish
Dad moved back to Ireland - I saw him in the school holidays (I flew there) regularly until older teenage years realising it was all working one way.... Dad never bothered to call and never came to England.
Fast forward 》 he has 2 kids with current partner aged 21 and 12
(I think) non existent Relationship with then too!

Despite having Uncles, Aunts, Cousins that don't bother with me

Why doesn't my dad?
Why don't they?

Questions I have day in day out...

Is this normal?

I would see this behaviour as totally normal IF I was a raging alcoholic/ drug addict. I'd like to confirm I'm not and also I have never done anything wrong.

Always tried.....

Social media is an iffy one, can cause lots of issues but c'mon!?
Not so much as a like of a picture over the years🤔

OP posts:
TheFoundation · 07/02/2022 22:47

I'd call it a bunch of people you need to walk away from, and stop trying to psychoanalyse.

People are weird. That's all you need to accept. My father's weird. My life's been much more settled since I walked away from any sort of relationship with him, or attempts to work out why he is the way he is. He just is that way, and it caused me distress, so I moved away from it.

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