Going to meet my father for the first time since I can remember tommorrow UPDATED: Just got back..

yhelothar

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Yeah his mom just died and their funeral is tommorrow.
I'm going to the funeral, which he'll most likely be there.

It's going to be a very awkward moment, and I can't think of anything to say to him yet..

UPDATE:
Here's a long regurgitation of everything I remembered there.

I went to the funeral, and he was there. Before seeing him, I was pretty emotionless about it. But once I saw him.. all my emotions came in, and I just thought about how it would have been like to have a dad. Tears streamed down my face for a few minutes.

Afterwards, when he went up to his mom's casket, I noticed that he was carrying a little boy in front of him(around 7). At this point, my heart began pounding fast and heavy at the thought of having a little brother and from the anticipation of his reaction when I tell him that I'm his son.

Later he walks out to talk to relatives/friends. I see the boy alone, so I asked him if that guy he was with is his dad. And he says yes. It was a bit of a shock to know that I still have a younger sibling. I kinda wanted a little brother, and I wanted to be his friend.

My sister walked out to talk to our "DNA donor", and I followed her. My aunt that I met 5 years ago came out and introduced my sis and I to him, since he obviously doesn't recognize us. His first reaction was to his arms around my mom and my sister. My sister quickly dodged away with disgust. Then my sister said to him, I'm just here to remind you that you still have a daughter, and a son. She briefly walked away afterwards.

He approached me next while we were by the door about to leave, and my mind just went blank. He came off with an apologetic tone. He said owes my sister and I more than he could ever repay. He tells me that he cannot explain the reason why he left us, and it's the past anyways so he doesn't want to discuss it.

Then he starts bullsh!tting to cover himself. He says that he misses us, and he even has pictures of us by his bed. Then he says that it was my mom's fault that she took the kids without his consent and that there's nothing he could have done for us.

While he says all of this, my mom is standing next to me. So you can probably imagine that she goes into a rage, a pandemonium. She starts rebutting the BS that he said. She refutes that he could have at least paid child support(he is pretty wealthy considering his occupation).

Upon hearing this, he raises his voice and says.. oh so you came here to ask for money huh? My mom and my sister comes to defend, and says that we just came to show that he still has two kids that he hasn?t met in 17 years. We tell him that we are leaving, and we walk out.

He follows us out while we walk to the car. By now, everyone has heard my mom screaming and follows us out also. My aunt that introduced us earlier yells at my mom for making the scene. My mom yells back in defense that my dad should be responsible for his kids.

The aunt begins to get violent here and she swings her purse at my mom. My mom gets pissed off and swings her purse back. Everyone is comes to break it up. But then the grandma?s youngest son comes to attack my mom. He slaps her on the face. I get outraged by this and I get ready to punch him on the face. Then all of the sudden, I get pulled back by my dad, which I quickly push him away.

By now, this big guy that works at the cemetery tells everyone to break it up, and they stopped. We left after that.


Cliffs
Dad showed up and he was apologetic. Although he started BSing to justify himself, and make himself look innocent. My mom standing next to me heard it, and got pissed off. She yelled at him for about 30 seconds and we leave..
Then as we are about to get onto the car, his sister comes(my aunt), and swings her purse at my mom. Then she retaliates and swings her purse back, and a few more family members joins into the brawl. A big guy that works at the cemetary came to break it up. No one really gets hurt badly, except my mom has a pretty sore face from getting slapped by his brother. We go home and will probably never see him again.

 

Why would you go to his mother's funeral? For all intents and purposes you really have no father, so why even give him the satisfaction of seeing his son's face?
 

Yax

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What's his side of the story? Maybe you can give him the benefit of the doubt and take some time to talk to him.
 

Wallydraigle

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Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Yeah his mom just died and their funeral is tommorrow.
I'm going to the funeral, which he'll most likely be there.

It's going to be a very awkward moment, and I can't think of anything to say to him yet..


Then don't say anything. If you don't know him, and he's never been in your life before, then he's just a stranger, and you don't owe strangers anything.
 

oboeguy

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Lance Armstrong calls his biological father "the DNA donor". Sounds about the same for you, eh? Well, good luck!
 

yhelothar

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I'm probably not going to say anything. My sis wants to say some things, since she still has a faint memory(she's 2 years older than me).
So I'm probably just going to watch.
I have no memory of how he looks at all, I've only seen pictures.
He was abusive to my mom according to my mom's testimony.
But my mom still does have some empathy for him, despite of all the horrible things he did.
He definitely has social disorders. He was neglected by his mom as a child, and then cheated on by women who went after him for his money, then at work(he was a senior engineer at nasa), people took credit for the work he did. So he lost all trust and feeling for people.

Originally posted by: jumpr
Why would you go to his mother's funeral? For all intents and purposes you really have no father, so why even give him the satisfaction of seeing his son's face?

To see the other half of me?
Just a curiosity..
I don't know my grandma. From what I've heard from my mom, she's a big time self-centered biatch.
My dad hated her, and might not even show up at her funeral.

"fvck you" and a swift kick to the nads comes to mind.
hehe my sister is plotting to do that.

 

Rogue

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Any anger and/or hatred you may feel will be wasted. Do not waste your time on such things, trust me on this. It will feel awkward seeing him and you may even recognize him right away, even if you've never seen him before. If any physical interaction should occur, do nothing more than shake hands, that will indicate that what he did is not to be forgiven anytime soon and will send a message. Remember the core reason you're there, for your grandmother, not him. These situations have a habit of making people who've led piss poor lives to have sudden feelings of guilt and remorse, don't give in easily to any emotions he may try to level at you.
 

Ronstang

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To put things in perspective you need to make sure you know the real facts about your father before you judge him. Talk to him and get his side of the story and compare it to you mother's. Be careful, you may not like the truth either way but you need to be fair. The reason I say this is you only have one side of the story...your mom's and it may not be the whole truth. You may not like this reality but I will relate a story for you.

One of my best friend's is 64 and like a father to me. He has two sons, one 42 (like me) and one 40. He considers me like his son because in his mind he has NO sons. He had to divorce the mother of his biological children when they were very small because of HER. The kids were so small that they really never knew him growing up. Their mother would not ALLOW my friend to see the boys, nor his parents or any of his family. My friend had a very successful business and paid a great deal of child support for BOTH boys until they were 18....but they never knew it because the mother took the money directly and spent it the way she wanted and told the boys their father was a deadbeat and paid nothing. All the nice things SHE had were bought with the money that was supposed to be for the boys and the whole time she had them believing their father was a useless POS. He never knew this until the boys were of age. I can't remeber what even thrust him into meeting them for the first time in almost 20 years, it might of been a funeral, but he was devastated to find what his ex-wife had brainwashed into his kids. Remember...SHE WOULD NOT ALLOW him to see his boys, yet she took his money and spent it on herself. He has such a busy schedule with his business he didn't have the time or effort to fight her on the issue. The guy is now worth a great deal of money and has some of the neatest stuff....and he points to it all the time and says...."kind of a shame my boys are such useless brainwashed idiots because they won't get any of this stuff one day". To this day they only call him every few years when they need something. He talks with them but he feels no need to do anything for them. I can tell it breaks his heart, but there is not much he can do. The only reason they ever call is because they feel he OWES them something....because they still believe what their mother told them their whole lives.

Be very careful what you believe. Take the time to find out the real story. Give your father the chance to tell his side. He might be a giant loser. If so you have lost nothing and can move on, but you might just be surprised at the truth. It is your call.
 

MithShrike

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I'm pretty much in the same situation except I am trying to find my father so I can say some choice words to the man.
 

silverpig

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Whoa. Maybe it's just deja-vu but I seem to recall a story somewhere about a senior nasa engineer ditching his family and stuff... went all paranoid or something. God I wish I could recall where I know this from. Again, maybe it's just my mind making stuff up, but I really seem to remember something like this...
 

yhelothar

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Ronstang: I do have a healthy dose of skeptism to what my mom said.
But I am certain that my father does not give a crap about me at all. He has never tried to contact his children at all. It's as if we don't exist.
I'm pretty certain that my mom does not get the child support money. She's one of the most conservative spenders ever. She wears clothes that she's had over 20 years ago. She has the worst sense of fashion. We never get to go out to eat. We've been collecting welfare for the first few years after he ditched us, until my mom worked her ass off to get her RegisteredNurse license, to get us where we are now.
Still an intriguing story though. Thanks.
Originally posted by: silverpig
Whoa. Maybe it's just deja-vu but I seem to recall a story somewhere about a senior nasa engineer ditching his family and stuff... went all paranoid or something. God I wish I could recall where I know this from. Again, maybe it's just my mind making stuff up, but I really seem to remember something like this...

heh yeah I made a thread about how to track him down before...
It was over a year ago though.. good memory.
 

Jhill

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Please keep in mind that you have one side of the story. I am not defending your dad or him not paying child support, but when you've heard one side of a story, especially a divorce 99% of the time that one side isn't giving 100% of the facts. People are human. My brother in law who is the nicest, warmest caring guy you could ever meet barely see's his daughter because his ex with is a total nutjob(im not saying your mom is). Her rich family is always hiring lawyers and coming up with excuses so her can barely ever see his daughter. It's a bad situation.

I am just saying people are human and if you knew the whole story and your dads life you would probably be at least a little more understanding. Again I am not saying he is a good guy I am just saying you don't know him or what's he's been through.
 

thirdlegstump

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What's with the hate if you don't even remember him? My father left my sister and I when I was 11 and I don't blame him and have no hatred for him even if he didn't pay a penny in child support.

It sickens me terribly if someone thinks she's 'lucky' from getting the extra income by ruining someone else's life although it's almost common practice here in the US. :roll: Maybe I think this way because I find "revenge" to be a low class act.

Put yourself in his shoes and see how miserable you'll be if you aren't even with your own kids but have to pay someone who chooses to be with them and forces you to pay out your ass when you're trying to rebuild your own life.
 

KarenMarie

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Many ppl are suggesting that you hear his side of the story before judging him. I don't know if I can be that generous if I were in your shoes. No matter what happened between him and your mom, he is still your dad and if he could not have been there for you when you were growing up, the very least he could have done was stuff like make sure you had a coat in the winter and enough food to eat. If all these years have gone by without birthday cards, or the occasional $10.00 bill then it doesnt matter what your mom could ever say... his actions speak louder than her words.

Jusy go out of respect. And if he wants to speak to you, then he will. If not, dont take it personal. But if he does speak to you... whatever you do, dont show disrespect. That will say more about how you were raised than it would about whether he does or does not deserve it.

You seem to have grown up just fine without him... so dont sweat it.. you will be great!

Good Luck!
 
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